Biochemistry
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781305961135
Author: Mary K. Campbell, Shawn O. Farrell, Owen M. McDougal
Publisher: Cengage Learning
expand_more
expand_more
format_list_bulleted
Concept explainers
Videos
Textbook Question
Chapter 3, Problem 13RE
MATHEMATICAL An organic chemist is generally happy with 95% yields. If you synthesized a polypeptide and realized a 95% yield with each amino acid residue added, what would be your overall yield after adding 10 residues (to the first amino acid)? After adding 50 residues? After 100 residues? Would these low yields be biochemically “satisfactory”? How are low yields avoided, biochemically?
Expert Solution & Answer
Trending nowThis is a popular solution!
Chapter 3 Solutions
Biochemistry
Ch. 3 - RECALL How do D-amino acids differ from L-amino...Ch. 3 - RECALL Which amino acid is technically not an...Ch. 3 - RECALL For each of the following, name an amino...Ch. 3 - RECALL Identify the polar amino acids, the...Ch. 3 - RECALL Identify the nonpolar amino acids and the...Ch. 3 - RECALL Are amino acids other than the usual 20...Ch. 3 - MATHEMATICAL Predict the predominant ionized forms...Ch. 3 - MATHEMATICAL Draw structures of the following...Ch. 3 - MATHEMATICAL Predict the predominant forms of the...Ch. 3 - MATHEMATICAL Calculate the isoelectric point of...
Ch. 3 - MATHEMATICAL Sketch a titration curve for the...Ch. 3 - MATHEMATICAL Sketch a titration curve for the...Ch. 3 - MATHEMATICAL An organic chemist is generally happy...Ch. 3 - MATHEMATICAL Sketch a titration curve for aspartic...Ch. 3 - REFECT AND APPLY Suggest a reason why amino acids...Ch. 3 - REFECT AND APPLY Write equations to show the ionic...Ch. 3 - REFECT AND APPLY Based on the information in Table...Ch. 3 - REFECT AND APPLY If you were to have a mythical...Ch. 3 - REFECT AND APPLY What would be the pI for the...Ch. 3 - REFECT AND APPLY Identify the charged groups in...Ch. 3 - REFECT AND APPLY Consider the following peptides:...Ch. 3 - REFECT AND APPLY In each of the following two...Ch. 3 - REFECT AND APPLY Could the amino acid glycine...Ch. 3 - RECALL Sketch resonance structures for the peptide...Ch. 3 - RECALL How do the resonance structures of the...Ch. 3 - REFECT AND APPLY Would the peptide group be planar...Ch. 3 - Prob. 27RECh. 3 - REFECT AND APPLY Consider the peptides...Ch. 3 - REFECT AND APPLY Would you expect the titration...Ch. 3 - REFECT AND APPLY What are the sequences of all the...Ch. 3 - REFECT AND APPLY Answer Question 30 using...Ch. 3 - REFECT AND APPLY Most proteins contain more than...Ch. 3 - REFECT AND APPLY If the amino acids alanine and...Ch. 3 - Prob. 34RECh. 3 - REFECT AND APPLY Would the presence of a chiral...Ch. 3 - REFECT AND APPLY What might you infer (or know)...Ch. 3 - Prob. 37RECh. 3 - REFECT AND APPLY Suggest a reason why the amino...Ch. 3 - REFECT AND APPLY Consider the peptides...Ch. 3 - Prob. 40RECh. 3 - Prob. 41RECh. 3 - REFECT AND APPLY You are studying with a friend...Ch. 3 - Prob. 43RECh. 3 - REFECT AND APPLY Suggest a reason (or reasons) why...Ch. 3 - Prob. 45RECh. 3 - REFECT AND APPLY Speculate on the properties of...Ch. 3 - RECALL What are the structural differences between...Ch. 3 - RECALL How do the peptide hormones oxytocin and...Ch. 3 - RECALL What is the role of the disulfide bond in...Ch. 3 - RECALL Is it possible to form cyclic peptides...Ch. 3 - Prob. 51RECh. 3 - RECALL What types of experiments led to evidence...Ch. 3 - Prob. 53RECh. 3 - THOUGHT QUESTION Imagine we identify a gene that...
Knowledge Booster
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, biochemistry and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.Similar questions
- REFLECT AND APPLY Comment on the energetics of protein folding in light of the information in this chapter.arrow_forwardREFLECT AND APPLY The process of protein folding is spontaneous in the thermodynamic sense. It gives rise to a highly ordered conformation that has a lower entropy than the unfolded protein. How can this be?arrow_forwardREFLECT AND APPLY A researcher claims to have discovered a variant form of glycogen. The variation is that it has very few branches (every 50 glucose residues or so) and that the branches are only three residues long. Is it likely that this discovery will be confirmed by later work?arrow_forward
- REFLECT AND APPLY Would you expect cross-linking to play a role in the structure of polysaccharides? If so, how would the cross-links be formed?arrow_forwardREFLECT AND APPLY A model is proposed to explain the reaction catalyzed by an enzyme. Experimentally obtained rate data fit the model to within experimental error. Do these findings prove the model?arrow_forwardREFLECT AND APPLY In lipid bilayers, there is an orderdisorder transition similar to the melting of a crystal. In a lipid bilayer in which most of the fatty acids are unsaturated, would you expect this transition to occur at a higher temperature, a lower temperature, or the same temperature as it would in a lipid bilayer in which most of the fatty acids are saturated? Why?arrow_forward
- REFLECT AND APPLY An amylose chain is 5000 glucose units long. At how many places must it be cleaved to reduce the average length to 2500 units? To 1000 units? To 200 units? What percentage of the glycosidic links are hydrolyzed in each case? (Even partial hydrolysis can drastically alter the physical properties of polysaccharides and thus affect their structural role in organisms.)arrow_forwardREFLECT AND APPLY You are in the process of determining the amino acid sequence of a protein and must reconcile contradictory results. In one trial, you determine a sequence with glycine as the N-terminal amino acid and asparagine as the C-terminal amino acid. In another trial, your results indicate phenylalanine as the N-terminal amino acid and alanine as the C-terminal amino acid. How do you reconcile this apparent contradiction?arrow_forwardREFLECT AND APPLY Consider the structures of arabinose and ribose. Explain why nucleotide derivatives of arabinose, such as ara-C and ara-A, are effective metabolic poisons.arrow_forward
- REFLECT AND APPLY A mutation that changes an alanine residue in a protein to an isoleucine leads to a loss of activity. Activity is regained when a further mutation at the same site changes the isoleucine to a glycine. Why?arrow_forwardRECALL Where do lines intersect on a Lineweaver-Burk plot showing competitive inhibition? On a Lineweaver-Burk plot showing noncompetitive inhibition?arrow_forwardREFLECT AND APPLY If only a few of the amino acid residues of an enzyme are involved in its catalytic activity, why does the enzyme need such a large number of amino acids?arrow_forward
arrow_back_ios
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
arrow_forward_ios
Recommended textbooks for you
BiochemistryBiochemistryISBN:9781305961135Author:Mary K. Campbell, Shawn O. Farrell, Owen M. McDougalPublisher:Cengage Learning
Biochemistry
Biochemistry
ISBN:9781305961135
Author:Mary K. Campbell, Shawn O. Farrell, Owen M. McDougal
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Biomolecules - Protein - Amino acids; Author: Tutorials Point (India) Ltd.;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySNVPDHJ0ek;License: Standard YouTube License, CC-BY