BIOL-1506EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Metabolic Waste, Phenylalanine, Immunology
18 Oct 2018
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Structural support, transportation of substances: muscles, enzymes, more than 50% of dry weight, movement, immunology, enzymes, All are polymers - many amino acids - chains. Turns into nitrate and green plants can utilize it. In tropical areas there is very little nitrogen in the soil. Symbiotic relationship with nitrogen xing bacteria - root modules. Toxic so we have excretory system to get rid of it. All use uric acid - y and need to keep body weight down. Its coated in white - the uric acid (semi solid) 50 or more amino acids in a chain. Ex: lys - val - gly - phe - Coiling and foiling con gurations due to electric charges. Joining of different proteins - 4th level structure. Haem carries iron - recycles: what makes it red. Your shit is brown because of the globin excreted. Small proteins - originating from nervous tissue: mad cow disease. Death: mainly in feed-lot cattle - commercial feed fed.
