Chapter 17, Problem 2QP

(a)

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Interpretation:

The key term for: “The way in which the various regions of secondary structure in a protein are arranged into a three-dimensional shape�, is to be given.

(b)

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Interpretation:

The key term for: “One of a class of biomolecules that carries genetic information and regulates the growth of protein�, is to be given.

(c)

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Interpretation:

The key term for: “An organic molecule containing an amine group and a carboxylic acid group�, is to be given.

(d)

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Interpretation:

The key term: “The form of RNA takes the genetic code from DNA and carries it to the ribosomes�, is to be given.

(e)

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Interpretation:

The key term for: “One of a class of organic polymers making up most body tissue, characterized by the presence of peptide bonds and formed by the polymerization of amino acids�, is to be given.

(f)

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Interpretation:

The key term for: “The structure that results from the association of two or more polypeptide chains in a protein�, is to be given.

(g)

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Interpretation:

The key term for: “A series of three bases in a nucleic acid that defines the amino acid to be used in the synthesis of a protein�, is to be given.

(h)

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Interpretation:

The key term for: “The secondary structure adopted by many proteins, in which the protein chain is twisted into a helix�, is to be given.

(i)

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Interpretation:

The key term for: “The secondary structure adopted by protein in which the protein chains are lined up beside one another in the form of a sheet�, is to be given.

(j)

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Interpretation:

The key term for: “A chemical reaction in which the addition of water to a compound breaks it down into simpler compounds, one containing $-\text{H}$ and the other $-\text{OH}$ �, is to be given.

(k)

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Interpretation:

The key term for: “The linkage that forms between carboxylic acid functional group of one amino acid and the amine functional group of another amino acid�, is to be given.

(l)

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The key term for: “The process of synthesizing various types of RNA molecules in the nucleus using a DNA molecule as a template�, is to be given.