What is the role of a protease? Why is chymotrypsin considered to be a serine protease?

Q: What is called c-peptide?

A: Proteins are polymers made of polymers of structural units called amino acids. Specific amino acids…

Q: What are aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases?

A: A protein or polypeptide sequence is biosynthesized during translation inside a live cell. The…

Q: How does the action of penicillin differ from that of lysozyme?

A: Penicillin is a secondary metabolite produced by certain bacteria which is used as an antibiotic. A…

Q: Why are proteases generally released in inactive form?

A: Protease is the enzyme which acts on proteins and digests them.

Q: Where in nature can lysozyme be found? Why is it produced in these environments?

A: Lysozyme is an antimicrobial enzyme and is also called as N-acetylmuramide glycanhydrolase. This…

Q: What is the major function of Loop of Henle?

A: Kidneys can be defined as the pairs of bean-shaped organs that are present on either side of our…

Q: How do guanine and adenine nucleotides inhibit their own synthesis? How do they promote synthesis of…

A: Purine metabolism refers to the metabolic pathways to synthesize and break down purines that are…

Q: Write the names of serine proteases?

A: Proteases are the enzymes that cleaves proteins . Types of proteases are :-  Serine proteases…

Q: Describe how lysine is degraded.

A: The process of lysine degradation takes place in mitochondria.

Q: Why do amino acids other than methionineoccur in the N-terminal position of proteins from…

A: The N-terminal end of a protein is defined as the start point of the protein. It is called the…

Q: How do eukaryotic cells degrade unwanted proteins

A: Introduction Large and sophisticated creatures are made up of eukaryotic cells, which have a nucleus…

Q: What is Proteolytic Cleavage?

A: BASIC INFORMATION PROTEINS  These are formed by the different amino acids. These amino acids are of…

Q: How is b-galactosidase induced in cells?

A: The beta-galactosidase enzyme is found in lysosomes which are compartments within cells that…

Q: Stapphylococcus aureus V8 protease cleaves at the C-termini of Asp and Glu. How many fragments do…

A: Protein is a sequence of amino acid which are joined by peptide bonds.

Q: What makes up the spliceosome? What is the function of the spliceosome?

A: In prokaryotes, transcription process and translation process occurs in the cytoplasm whereas, in…

Q: What are the function of lysine and tryptophan?

A: The amino acids are the building blocks of the protein; the amino acids are the small molecules that…

Q: Is adenylate cyclase a transmembrane protein or a peripheralprotein? What about the G protein?

A: Adenylate Cyclase is a transmembrane protein.

Q: Define Proteasomes.

A: In a cell, there are different organelles and biomolecules which have different functions to perform…

Q: What is peptidyltransferase reaction?

A: Enzymes are a type of protein that acts as biological catalysts that accelerate the chemical…

Q: What is lactogenesi?

A: A lactation process is a post-pregnancy event occurring in female mammals. It is concerned with the…

Q: Describe lysine degradation.

A: The amino acid is an organic acid that contains an alpha carboxyl group, alpha amino group, a…

Q: What are the properties of Tryptophan?

A: Tryptophan is an essential amino acid that consists of an alpha-amino group. alpha carboxyl group…

Q: what is peptide linkage?how is tripepide formed ?

A: Proteins are the building blocks of the body. They are organic molecules composed of amino acids.…

Q: What is adenyl cyclase ?

A: Enzymes are present in living organism, which is composed of either one cell or a number of cell. In…

Q: What steps in the elongation cycle of protein synthesis require GTP hydrolysis? What role does it…

A: The translation is a process where mRNA was translated into a polypeptide chain or protein, where…

Q: What do the enzyme lysozyme and the antibiotic penicillin havein common?

A: The cell wall of bacteria is an important structure. It provides the cell with structural integrity…

Q: What is adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene ? How it works ?

A: An anti-oncogene, also known as a tumor suppressor gene, controls how cells divide and replicate.…

Q: What are isoaccepting tRNAs?

A: Transfer ribonucleic acid (tRNA) is required during the translation process for the synthesis of…

Q: Source of Alanine transaminase?

A: Introduction: The enzyme alanine transaminase (ALT) is a transaminase. It's also known as alanine…

Q: What defect in the cell causes the condition known as Zellweger's syndrome, ZS?  Explain in detail…

A: Zellweger syndrome is the most severe form of the Zellweger spectrum of conditions. It is a rare…

Q: What are caspases?

A: Caspases is the abbreviation of Cysteine-aspartic proteases that belong to the protease enzymes…

Q: What is conversion of ribonucleotides to deoxyribonucleotides?

A: Introduction: A nucleoside and a phosphate make up nucleotides, which are organic molecules. They…

Q: What is the name for Gly-Tyr-Leu-Val Sequence?

A: Biomolecules are organic molecules made up of mainly carbon and hydrogen but there are other…