EBK BIOCHEMISTRY
EBK BIOCHEMISTRY
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ISBN: 9781337431200
Author: GRISHAM
Publisher: CENGAGE LEARNING - CONSIGNMENT
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Chapter 6, Problem 1P

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Determining the Length of a Keratin Molecule The central rod domain of a keratin protein is approximately 312 residues in length. What is the length (in A) of the keratin rod domain? If this same peptide segment were a true α -helix how long would it be? If the same segment were a β-sheet, what would its length be?

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To Determine: The length of the keratin rod domain should be determined along with the length of the peptide segment when the same peptide segment were a true a helix. Length of the segment should be determined when the same segment were a ß sheet.

Introduction: One turn of a helix represents 3.6 amino acid residues. For true a helix, each amino acid residue extends 1.5 Ao along the axis of the helix. So, the length of one turn is 3.6×1.5 Ao= 5.4 Ao . This is referred to as the pitch of the helix. But keratin protein has a distorted alpha-helix with a pitch length of 5.1 Ao

Beta sheet structure can be pictured as a twofold helix with two residues per turn. The distance between residues in the anti-parallel pleated sheet is 3.47 Ao and 3.25 Ao in the parallel pleated sheet.

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The length of the keratin rod domain = 5.1 Ao1 turn×1 turn3.6 residues×312 residues = 442 Ao

If the segment were a true helix = 5.4 Ao1 turn×1 turn3.6 residues×312 residues = 468 Ao

If the segment were an antiparallel beta-sheet = 3.47 Ao × 312 residues = 1083 Ao

If the segment were a parallel beta-sheet = 3.25 Ao × 312 residues = 1014 Ao

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