Biology 1001A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Disulfide, Actin, Protein Folding

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Proteins are the major structural and functional molecules of the cell. Independent studies outcomes: basic structure of an amino acid and what are the different classes of amino acids. Amino acids share a similar structure with a central carbon atom attached to an amino group (-nh2), a carboxyl group (-cooh), and a hydrogen atom. The remaining bond of the central carbon is to 1 of 20 different side groups represented by the r (the side chain). Differences in the side groups give the amino acids their individual properties. Positively charged (basic ) polar amino acids: chemistry of the peptide bond and how it is formed. A peptide bond is formed by a dehydration synthesis reaction between nh2 group of one amino acid and the cooh group of a second. An amino acid chain always has an nh2 groups at one end, called the n-terminal end, and a. Cooh group at the other end, called the c-terminal end.

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