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BIOCHEM C785 Biochemistry Note-Taking GuideBiochemistry Note-Taking Guide
**Read This First** - This Note-Taking Guide is meant to be used as you go through each of the Units in Biochemistry. It
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***Unit 2: Amino Acids, Peptide Bonds, and Protein Structure***
Key Questions - You should be able to answer these upon completion of the
Page Section Vocabulary
Unit/Section. Please add your own notes as necessary.
Proteins are all constructed from the same set of 20 amino acids, linked
in unbranched polymers. The bond between amino acids is called
Amino Acids, Peptide a peptide bond, so a polymer of amino acids is called a polypeptide.
12 Bonds, and Protein A protein is a biologically functional molecule made up of one or more
Structure polypeptides, each folded and coiled into a specific three-dimensional
structure.
2.1 Amino Acids: The
13
Building Blocks of Proteins
14 Subtopic: Chemical Electrons
Elements, Atoms, and Energy
Bonds—Optional Review Covalent bonds
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Ionic bonds
Hydrogen bonds
- What is the basic structure of an amino acid? List the 4 groups and describe what
they look like.
An amino acid is an organic molecule with both an amino group and a carboxyl group.
At the center of the amino acid is an asymmetric carbon atom called the alpha carbon.
The R group, also called the side chain, differs with each amino acid
- How do you identify the 3 different types of side chains: non-polar/hydrophobic, polar,
Amino
and charged?
15 Carboxyl
Subtopic: Amino Acid
Hydrophobic
Structure and Chemical Hydrophobic has C atom and is not charged (found in protein interior)
Hydrophilic
Properties Polar has S, N, or O atom and is not charged (found in protein exterior)
Disulfide bonds
Charged are positively or negatively charged (found in protein exterior)
Zwitterions
- What kind of bonds do each of the 3 different types of side chains make?
Hydrophobic have Hydrophobic bonds (weakest kind of bonds)
Polar have Disulfide (S-strongest kind of bonds) or Hydrogen (N, O) bonds
Charged have Ionic bonds
To become functional proteins, polymers of amino acids (polypeptides) must fold and
take on a particular shape.
Primary – backbone of peptide chain formed by peptide bonds during dehydration
2.2 Levels of Protein reaction
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Structure Secondary – backbone atoms of peptide chain connected by hydrogen bonds forming
Alpha helix or Beta sheets
Tertiary – R group interactions via: hydrophobic interactions (weakest), hydrogen
bonds, ionic bonds or disulfide bonds (strongest)
Quaternary – R group interactions (like above), but with other polypeptide chains
18 Subtopic: Polypeptides and Polypeptides When two amino acids are positioned so that the carboxyl group of one is adjacent to
Functional Proteins Peptide bonds the amino group of the other, they can become joined by a dehydration reaction, with
the removal of a water molecule. The resulting covalent bond is called a peptide
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bond. This happens during the formation of primary structure in the peptide chain.
- Protein Folding: What are the 4 levels of protein structure? List distinguishing features
of each.
- What bonds make up each level of protein structure and how are they formed?
Dehydration
19 Hydrolysis
Subtopic: Levels of Protein Primary – peptide bonds (a type of strong covalent bond) between monomer amino
Alpha helix
Structure acids
Beta sheet
Secondary – hydrogen bonds between polypeptide backbone
Denaturation
Tertiary – bonds between R groups (hydrogen/ionic/disulfide bonds, hydrophobic/van
der Wals interactions)
Quaternary – same as tertiary, but between different polypeptide chains
- What environmental change breaks each type of bond?
Heat – 2nd,3rd,4th protein structure and its bonds
pH – hydrogen and ionic bonds (2nd, 3rd and 4th structure)
chemicals – hydrogen bonds (2nd, 3rd and 4th structure)
20 Subtopic: A Protein's enzymes – peptide bonds (1st structure)
Structure Depends on Its Aggregation
Environment - What type of amino acid side chain leads to protein aggregation????
Hydrophobic acids tend to aggregate better then hydrophilic
Proteins that denature, tend to aggregate. These aggregated clumps can’t be broken
down and will continue to accumulate until disease occurs
- How do environmental changes affect protein folding?
Reducing agent – disulfide bonds
22 pH change – Ionic, hydrogen bonds
2.3 Protein Function and
Salt – Ionic, hydrogen bonds
Disease
Heat – hydrophobic interactions
How do mutations affect protein structure?
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