Chapter 3 - Protein Structure and Function

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polypeptide chain

A(n) ________ is synthesized by a complex process called translation.

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catalytic core of protein

The ________ kinase A exists in an "open "and "closed "conformation.

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DNA

________ encoding a protein can be subjected to mutagenesis so that segments of the proteins backbone are removed or changed.

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Proteins

________ and peptides have been considered natural products of a cell.

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Domains

________ are sometimes defined in functional terms on the basis of observations that an activity of a protein is localized to a small region along its length.

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Long chains

________ are referred to as polypeptides.

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Chemicals

________ such as urea or guanidine hydrochloride at concentrations of 6- 8 M can disrupt the weak noncovalent interactions that stabilize the native conformation of a protein.

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carboxypeptidases

To protect a cell from degrading itself, endoproteases and ________ are synthesized and secreted as inactive forms (zymogens): pepsin by chief cells in the lining of the stomach; the others by pancreatic cells Alternatively Folded Proteins Are Implicated in Slowly Developing Diseases.

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capsid

Include the ________ that encases the viral genome and bundles of cytoskeletal filaments that support and give shape to the plasma membrane.

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maximal velocity

The catalytic action of an enzyme on a given substrate can be described by two parameters: Vmax, the ________ of the reaction at saturating substrate concentrations, and Km (the Michaelis constant), a measure of the affinity of an enzyme for its substrate.

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Cells

________ have systems that reduce the chances for misfolded proteins to form.

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immune system

The ________ also makes use of the ubiquitin- mediated pathway in the response to altered self- cells, particularly virus- infected cells.

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DNA site

The ________ determines where transcription of a specific gene begins Members of Protein Families Have a Common Evolutionary Ancestor.

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Thermal energy

________ from heat, extremes of pH that alter the charges on amino acid side chains.

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size of a protein

The ________ (polypeptide) is represented by daltons.

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major extracellular pathway

The ________ for protein degradation is the system of digestive proteases that breaks down ingested proteins into peptides and amino acids in the intestinal tract.

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Protein folding

________ occurs in vitro, only a minority of unfolded molecules undergo complete folding into the native confirmation within a few minutes.

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different amino acids

There are 20 ________ construed by polymerization into linear chains.

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epidermal growth factor

The ________ (EGF) domain is one example of a module that is present in several proteins.

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Eukaryotic cells

________ have several intracellular proteolytic pathways for degrading misfolded or denatured proteins.

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Adjacent B strands

________ can be oriented in the same (parallel) or opposite (antiparallel) directions with respect to each other.

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Molecular chaperones

________ consist of Hsp70 and its homologs: Hsp70 in the cytosol and mitochondrial matrix, BiP in the endoplasmic reticulum, and DnaK in bacteria.

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torque

The ________ generated by the stator rotates an inner ring of proteins and the attached flagellum.

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Any polypeptide chain

________ containing n residues could, in principle, fold into 8n conformations.

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B

Interactions between the subunit and the ________ subunits directs the synthesis of ATP.

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EGF

________ is a small, soluble peptide hormone that binds to cells in the embryo and in the skin and connective tissue in adults, causing them to divide.

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Proteolytic processing

________, protein self- splicing is an autocatalytic process, which proceeds by itself without the participation of enzymes Ubiquitin Marks Cytosolic Proteins for Degradation in Proteasomes.

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Tertiary Structure

________ refers to the overall conformation of a polypeptide chain- that is, the three- dimensional arrangement of all its amino acid residues.

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ability of proteins

The ________ to distinguish different molecules is perhaps most highly developed in the blood proteins called antibodies.

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three-dimensional structure

A protein is only able to function correctly when it is in its ________ or conformation.

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Protein misfolding

________ is suppressed by two distinct mechanisms.

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Phosphoryl Transfer

________ by Protein Kinases; after substrates have bound and the catalytic core of protein kinase A has assumed the closed conformation, the phosphorylation of a serine or threonine residue on the target peptide can take place Vmax and Km Characterize and Enzymatic Reaction.

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major intracellular pathway

The ________ is degradation by enzymes within lysosomes, membrane- limited organelles whose acidic interior is filled with hydrolytic enzymes.

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secondary structure

A single polypeptide may exhibit multiple types of ________ depending on its sequence.

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Functional Domains

The overall helical structure is amphipathic Structural and ________ are Modules of Tertiary Structure.

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Large proteins

________, domains can be recognized in structures determined by x- ray crystallography or in images captured by electron microscopy.

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EGF modules

________ are also present in other proteins and are liberated by proteolysis.

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Specificity

________ refers to the ability of a protein to bind one molecule in preference to other molecules.

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nanoscale of cells

At the ________ and molecules, movement is affected by many different forces from those in the macroscopic world.

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DNA

________ and RNA polymerases also are linear motor proteins because they translocate along with ________ during replication and transcription.

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Proteins

________ (working molecules of a cell) carry out a program of activities encoded by genes.

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Molecular chaperones

________ are thought to bind all nascent polypeptide chains as they are being synthesized on ribosomes.

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Polypeptide Chain

Turns are composed of three or four residues, turns are located on the surface of a protein, forming sharp bends that redirect the polypeptide backbone back toward the interior Overall Folding of a(n) ________ Yields Its Tertiary Structure.

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Tertiary structure

________ is primarily stabilized by hydrophobic interactions between the nonpolar side chains, hydrogen bonds between polar side chains, and peptide bonds.

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Proteins

________ that have a common ancestor are referred to as homologs.

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