NATS 1660 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Antigen, Carbohydrate, Contin

• School: York University
• Department: Natural Science
• Course: NATS 1660
• Professor: Tanya Da Silva

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Nats 1660 lecture september 30th, 2016. Chaperones attach themselves to the previous chain of protein, and take them to the chaperonin, which folds the protein into whatever shape it needs to be to perform its proper function. A protein"s 3d shape (conformation) is essential to its function: the shape of the surface of an antibody exactly matches the shape of a foreign molecule - such as the flu virus (antigen) that the antibody attacks. Carbohydrate has special bonds called hydroxyl with 3 bonds and 1 (oh) and carbonyl with double bonds and one oxygen (o).