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Denaturation
loss of structural order in a protein
Loss of biological activity
Denaturation’s loss of structural order also leads to
Heat
pH change
Detergents
Urea
Guanidine
Mercaptoethanol
How can denaturation happen?
Detergents
Will disrupt the hydrophobic interactions leading to denaturation
pH change
Will alter the side chains (COO- to COOH or NH2+ to NH2) leading to denaturation
Urea and Guanidine
Will disrupt the hydrogen bonding leading to denaturation
Mercaptoethanol
Will reduce the disulfide bond leading to denaturation
311-314 residue alpha helical rod segments
Sequence of Alpha-Keratin consists of__
non helical N- and C- termini
Alpha Keratin are capped with__
coiled coils
Alpha Keratin promotes association of helices to form__
cysteine residues and disulfide bridges
Alpha Keratin protein is rich in ___ and ___
22% cysteine
Hard and brittle
Alpha Keratin
Characteristics of horns and nails:
14% cysteine
Softer, flexible, elastic
Alpha Keratin
Characteristics of hair, wool, and skin:
Ropes, S-S linkages
In alpha keratin of wools and hair 3-7 alpha helices may be coiled around each other to form ___ held together by ___
antiparallel, Ser-Gly-Ala-Gly
Beta Keratin
In silk fibroin, beta-pleated sheets are ___and contain sequences of ___
Gly on other adjacent sheet
Beta Keratin. Since B sheet extends alternately above and below, the plane of the sheet places all Gly on one side and Ser and Ala on other side. This allows:
Gly on one sheet meshes with ___. Same for Ser and Ala
microcrystalline arrays, amorphous regions
Beta Keratin
The fiber is composed of ____ alternating with ___
H bonding, Van der Waals interactions
Beta Keratin
Fiber strength results from extensive ____ of adjacent chains and the cummulative effect of ____ among stretched chains.
stacked array of B pleated sheets
Beta Keratin
Silk Fibroin comes from a ___
Collagen
Principal componet of connective tissue
Pro and Hyp (Hydroxyproline)
Collagen
30% of amino acids in the chain are ___
Gly, X-Pro-Gly, X-Hyp-Gly
Collagen
Every third position is ____ and repeating sequences are ____ and ____
Collagen Triple Helix
The basic unit of tropocollagen
3 polypeptides chains, triple helix
Collagen Triple Helix consists of ___ wrapped around each other to form and ___
hydroxyproline and hydroxylsine
Collagen Triple Helix
The 3 strands are held together by hydrogen bonding involving ____
Alpha helix
Collagen Triple Helix is a helix but not a ___
crosslinked, His and Lys residues
With age, collagen helices become ____ by covalent bonds formed between ____
Myoglobin
Is a single polypeptide with 153 amino acids. Has 1 heme group in a hydrophobic pocket
8 alpha helix, none beta sheet
Myoglobin
Number of alpha helix regions
Number of beta sheet regions
surface
Myoglobin
Polar side chains are on the
folded to the interior
Myoglobin
Non-polar side chains are
Two His side chains
Myoglobin
Are in the interior, involved with interaction with the heme group
4, 1, 1
Myoglobin
Fe (II) of heme has 6 coordinates:
__ interact with N atoms of heme
__ interact with N of His side chains
__ interact with O2 or N of second His side chains
Hemoglobin
A tetramer of 2 alpha chains (141 amino acids each) and 2 beta chains (153 amino acids each)
Each chain has 1 heme group
4 molecules of O2
Hemoglobin can bind ___
One O2 is bound, next O2 binds easier
Hemoglobin
Binding of O2 exhibited by positive cooperativity which means when
Transport oxygen
Function of hemoglobin
H+, CO2, Cl-, 2,3-biphosphoglycerate
Affect the ability of Hb to bind to oxygen:
Bohr Effect
the affinity of hemoglobin for O2 depends on pH
BPG, O2, maternal hemoglobib.
Fetal hemoglobin binds less strongly to ___ and has greater affinity for ___ than ___
Enzyme
a biological catalyst
proteins
All enzymes are __
increase a rate of a reaction
enzymes can ___ by a factor of up to 1020 over an uncatalyzed reaction
activation energy
Rate of enzyme reaction depends on ___
specific
some enzymes are so ___that they catalyze the reaction of only one stereoisomer
alternative pathway, lower
an enzyme provides an ____ with ____ activation energy
Oxidoreductases
catalyze oxidation-reduction reactions
Transferases Â
catalyze the transfer of functional groups
Hydrolases
catalyze hydrolytic cleavages or their reversible  reactions (split out H2O and add H+ and OH-  moieties to the substrate)
Lyases
catalyze the cleavage of bonds without hydrolysis  or oxidation-reduction reaction
Isomerases
catalyze isomerization reactions
Ligases
catalyze reactions involving the formation of bonds  between two substrate molecules coupled to the  cleavage of the pyrophosphate bond in ATP or  another high energy compound
Active site
the small portion of the enzyme surface where the substrate(s) becomes bound by noncovalent forces, e.g., hydrogen bonding, electrostatic attractions, van der Waals attractions
Substrate
a reactant (S)
Substrate and Active site
In an enzyme-catalyzed reactions there are:
Lock and Key model
Induced fit model
Binding Models of enzyme substrate complex
Lock-and-key model
substrate binds to that portion of the enzyme with a complementary shape
Induced fit model
binding of the substrate induces a change in the conformation of the enzyme that results in a complementary fit
Absolute specificity
catalyzes the reaction of one unique substrate to a particular product
Relative specificity
catalyzes the reaction of structurally related substrates to give structurally related products
Stereospecificity
catalyzes a reaction in which one stereoisomer is reacted or formed in preference to all others that might be reacted or formed
specific rate constant
Where k is a proportionality constant called the
Reversible inhibitor
a substance that binds to an enzyme to inhibit it, but can be released
competitive inhibitor
binds to the active (catalytic) site and blocks access to it by substrate
noncompetitive inhibitor
binds to a site other than the active site; inhibits the enzyme by changing its conformation
Irreversible inhibitor
a substance that causes inhibition that cannot be reversed. Usually involves formation or breaking of covalent bonds to or on the enzyme
Uncompetitive inhibition
inhibitor can bind to the ES complex but not to free E.Â
Mixed inhibition
Similar to noncompetitive inhibition, butbinding of I affects binding of S and vice versa.
Holoenzyme
conjugated enzyme
Apoenzyme
the protein portion of a holoenzyme catalytically inactive when alone
prosthetic group
non-protein that is covalently bonded to the protein
conenzyme
non protein that is an organic compound readily dissociable from the protein; many are vitamins or are metabolically related to vitamins
cofactor
non protein that is a substance that takes part in enzymatic reactions but may be regenerated for further reaction e.g.metal ion
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)
is used in many redox reactions in biology.
nicotinamide ring, Adenine ring, 2 sugar-phosphate groups
NAD+/NADH contains
NADH
NAD+ is a two electron oxidizing agents and is reduced to
Zn2+
Metal ions for alcohol dehydrogenase, carboxypeptidase
Mg2+
Metal ions for phophotransferase
Fe2+, Fe3+
Metal ions for cytochromes, peroxidase, Â catalase
Mn2+
Metal ions for arginase, pyruvate  phosphokinase
Cu+, Cu2+Â
metal ions for tyrosinase, cytochrome oxidase
metal ions
Some enzymes requires
Availability of substrates and cofactors
What Factors Influence Enzymatic Activity?
how fast the reactio goes
Availability of substrates and cofactors determines
product accumulates
Rate of enzymatic reaction will decrease if
Genetic regulation of enzyme synthesis and decay
determines the amount of enzyme present at any moment
allosterically
Enzyme activity can be regulated
covalent modification
Enzyme activity can be regulated through
reversible phosphorylation
Enzyme activity can be regulated through
protein kinases
Phosphorylation is accomplished by
specific proteins
Each protein kinase targets ___ for phosphorylation
Phosphoprotein phosphatases
catalyze the reverse reaction – removing phosphoryl groups from proteins
targets of regulation
Kinases and phosphatases themselves are
Zymogens
are inactive precursors of enzymes. Typically, proteolytic cleavage produces the active enzyme.
Allosteric effects
Enzymes situated at key steps in metabolic pathways are modulated by