Biochemistry
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Author: Mary K. Campbell, Shawn O. Farrell, Owen M. McDougal
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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RECALL What is the nature of “random” structure in proteins?
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Ch. 4 - RECALL Match the following statements about...Ch. 4 - RECALL Define denaturation in terms of the effects...Ch. 4 - RECALL What is the nature of random structure in...Ch. 4 - REFLECT AND APPLY Suggest an explanation for the...Ch. 4 - REFLECT AND APPLY Rationalize the following...Ch. 4 - REFLECT AND APPLY Glycine is a highly conserved...Ch. 4 - REFLECT AND APPLY A mutation that changes an...Ch. 4 - REFLECT AND APPLY A biochemistry student...Ch. 4 - RECALL List three major differences between...Ch. 4 - RECALL What are Ramachandran angles?
Ch. 4 - Prob. 11RECh. 4 - Prob. 12RECh. 4 - RECALL List some of the differences between the...Ch. 4 - RECALL List some of the possible combinations of...Ch. 4 - RECALL Why is proline frequently encountered at...Ch. 4 - RECALL Why must glycine be found at regular...Ch. 4 - REFLECT AND APPLY You hear the comment that the...Ch. 4 - REFLECT AND APPLY Woolen clothing shrinks when...Ch. 4 - RECALL Draw two hydrogen bonds, one that is part...Ch. 4 - RECALL Draw a possible electrostatic interaction...Ch. 4 - RECALL Draw a disulfide bridge between two...Ch. 4 - RECALL Draw a region of a polypeptide chain...Ch. 4 - REFLECT AND APPLY The terms configuration and...Ch. 4 - REFLECT AND APPLY Theoretically, a protein could...Ch. 4 - REFLECT AND APPLY What is the highest level of...Ch. 4 - RECALL List two similarities and two differences...Ch. 4 - RECALL What are the two critical amino acids near...Ch. 4 - RECALL What is the highest level of organization...Ch. 4 - RECALL Suggest a way in which the difference...Ch. 4 - RECALL Describe the Bohr effect.Ch. 4 - RECALL Describe the effect of 2,...Ch. 4 - RECALL How does the oxygen-binding curve of fetal...Ch. 4 - RECALL What is the critical amino acid difference...Ch. 4 - REFLECT AND APPLY In oxygenated hemoglobin,...Ch. 4 - REFLECT AND APPLY You are studying with a friend...Ch. 4 - REFLECT AND APPLY How does the difference between...Ch. 4 - REFLECT AND APPLY Suggest a reason for the...Ch. 4 - Prob. 38RECh. 4 - REFLECT AND APPLY Why is fetal Hb essential for...Ch. 4 - BIOCHEMICAL CONNECTIONS Why might you expect to...Ch. 4 - REFLECT AND APPLY When deoxyhemoglobin was first...Ch. 4 - BIOCHEMICAL CONNECTIONS What is the direct cause...Ch. 4 - BIOCHEMICAL CONNECTIONS What is the effect of the...Ch. 4 - BIOCHEMICAL CONNECTIONS Why do scientists believe...Ch. 4 - Prob. 45RECh. 4 - BIOCHEMICAL CONNECTIONS What is BCL11A and how is...Ch. 4 - BIOCHEMICAL CONNECTIONS Given the purpose of...Ch. 4 - Prob. 48RECh. 4 - REFLECT AND APPLY Comment on the energetics of...Ch. 4 - RECALL What is a chaperone?Ch. 4 - Prob. 52RECh. 4 - Prob. 53RECh. 4 - Prob. 54RECh. 4 - RECALL What are some diseases caused by misfolded...Ch. 4 - RECALL What causes protein aggregates to form?Ch. 4 - Prob. 57RECh. 4 - Prob. 58RECh. 4 - BIOCHEMICAL CONNECTIONS What aspects of the...Ch. 4 - Prob. 60RECh. 4 - Prob. 61RE
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- REFLECT AND APPLY Common proteins are polymers of 20 different amino acids. How big a protein (how many amino acid residues) would be necessary to have an Avogadros number of possible sequences?arrow_forwardREFLECT AND APPLY Comment on the energetics of protein folding in light of the information in this chapter.arrow_forwardREFLECT AND APPLY Nucleic acids are polymers of just four different monomers in a linear arrangement. How many different sequences are available if one makes a polymer with only 40 monomers? How does this number compare with Avogadros number?arrow_forward
- RECALL How can gel-filtration chromatography be used to arrive at an estimate of the molecular weight of a protein?arrow_forwardRECALL Is it possible to form cyclic peptides without bonds between side chains of the component amino acids?arrow_forwardREFLECT AND APPLY A friend tells you that only four different kinds of bases are found in RNA. What would you say in reply?arrow_forward
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