BIOL 1107 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Antibody, Van Der Waals Force, Beta Sheet

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23 Jan 2017
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Most of these molecules that make up your body are composed of just 20 different building blocks, called amino acids. Concentration of protons causes the amino group to act as a base (attracts proton to form nh3+) Carboxyl group is acidic because its two oxygen atoms are highly electronegative, pull electrons away from hydrogen atoms, so it is easy for this group to lose a proton to form coo-. Charges of these functional groups are important: 1. help amino acids stay in solutions, where they can interact with one another and with other solutes. 2. affect the amino acid"s chemical reactivity. While all amino acids share the same core structure, each of the 20 r group is unique. The properties of amino acids vary because their r groups vary. Some amino acids with a sulfhydryl group (sh) in their side chains can form disulfide (s--s) bonds that help link different parts of large proteins.

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