6. A quantitative amino acid analysis reveals that bovine serum albumin (BSA) contains0.58% tryptophan (MW=204) by weight. (a) Calculate the minimum molecular weight ofBSA (i.e., assume there is only one Trp residue per protein molecule). (b) Gel filtration ofBSA gives a molecular weight estimate of 70,000. How many Trp residues are present ina molecule of serum albumin?

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4. You're working on a structure of a protein and its folding. You think that the interaction between Asp123 and Arg29 is important in determining the structure of the protein. a) What type of amino acid is Asp (acidic, basic, hydrophobic, or polar)? b) What type of amino acid is Arg (acidic, basic, hydrophobic, or polar)? c) What is the strongest interaction that can form between Asp123 and Arg29? You create a mutant Arg29> Lys d) What type of amino acid is Lys (acidic, basic, hydrophobic, or polar)? e) Would you expect this substitution mutation to cause major folding problems? Why or why not? You create mutant Arg29> Glu you discover that this mutant is unable to fold properly, so the protein is nonfunctional. f What type of amino acid is Glu (acidic, basic, hydrophobic, or polar)? g) How does this amino acid substitution cause the protein to fold incorrectly? You find another mutant that also as the same Arg29> Glu mutation. However, this mutant protein įs able to fold normally.…
9. Shown below is a binding pocket for a protein with a ligand bound. The ligand interacts with a serine and a valine side chain. ligand a. Briefly explain, in terms of Ka, the effect of a mutation that replaces the serine residue with a valine residue. b. Briefly explain, in terms of Kd, the effect of a mutation that alters the ligand (as seen below) binding to the original, unmutated, binding site. :0: ligand 2
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13. Amino acid analysis of a seven residue long peptide gave Asp Leu Arg Met | Phe Met | Phe | Tyr (i) The PTH amino acid derivative released by Edman degradation was Tyr-PTH (ii) Trypsin treatment had no effect (iii) Cyanogen bromide treatment yielded a dipeptide, a tetrapeptide, and free Arg (iv) Brief chymotrypsin treatment yielded several products, including a dipeptide and a tetrapeptide. The amino acid composition of the tetrapeptide was Leu, Arg, and Met What is the amino acid sequence of this seven residue long peptide, and explain how you reached that conclusion?
20. The dissociation constant of protein Z for ligand Y is: 10 micromolar. What fraction of the ligand is bound at ligand concentration = 5 micromolar?
1. Consider the following α helix from myoglobin at pH 7. Gln-Gly-Ala-Met-Asn-Lys-Ala-Leu-Glu-His-Phe-Arg-Lys-Asp-Ile-Ala-Ala-Lys-Tyr(a) Label amino acids in the polypeptide above as follows: p for polar and uncharged, np for non polar, – for negatively charged, and + for positively charged.(b) How many complete turns are there in this helix?(b) Which side chains are likely to be on the side of the helix that faces the aqueous solvent? Why?(c) Which side chains are likely to face the interior of the protein? Why?
This SDS-PAGE loading buffer has SDS (a denaturing detergent), β-mercaptoethanol (a reducing agent), Coomassie Blue (a dye), and glycerol. You will need to dilute your protein samples such that the final concentration of the loading buffer is 1x, meaning that you will add 5 parts of the protein sample for every 1 part of 6x buffer. Calculate how much of the 6x loading buffer you will need to add to each sample. Then, add the appropriate amount of 6x SDS-PAGE loading buffer to the samples. Store the samples in the -20°C freezer. What is the final concentration of glycerol in each of the samples?

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