Topic 1
A gene in one species related to a gene in another species through a common ancestor
What is an Ortholog?
Are optical isomers and the building blocks for proteins
What is an amino acid?
Helps guide the proper folding of polypeptides into their functional 3D structures
What is a molecular chaperone?
This thin felt like mesh is located beneath the inner nuclear membrane & provides mechanical support for the nuclear envelope
What is the nuclear lamina?
This type of bond involves the sharing of electrons between atoms
What is a covalent bond?
A secondary structure that proline can break and amino acids are commonly found in
What is an alpha helix?
Covalent bonds formed between sulfur atoms of cysteine residues, plays a critical role in stabilizing a protein’s tertiary structure
What are disulfide bonds?
This technique tags complementary DNA sequences via fluorescent dyes
What is DNA hybridization?
The flow of genetic information from DNA to RNA to Protein
What is the central dogma?
Structures of proteins that fold independently and have a distinct function
What is a domain?
Hemoglobin is an example of a protein that exhibits this level of structure
What is the quaternary structure?
The enzyme that degrades linker DNA by hydrolyzing phosphodiester bonds
What is nuclease?
The point in a reversible reaction where the rates of the forward and reverse reaction are equal and enzymes can’t change it
What is the equilibrium point?
This protein has irregular coils that aid in stretching and relaxing the entire fiber structure
What is elastin?
Small recurring patterns or elements of secondary structure that are often found in a variety of proteins
What are protein motifs?
This complex is loaded onto the chromatin to form small DNA loops through ATP hydrolysis
What is SMC protein complex?
A process that produces ATP by adding a phosphate to ADP using energy from catabolism.
What is oxidative phosphorylation?
This protein has an “elf assembly” and contains a protecting shell domain that protects viral RNA in its final form
What are (viral) capsids?
The process where a protein loses its native shape and function, due to factors like heat or pH changes
What is denaturation?
This type of lysine methylation is generated by the polycomb repressive complex
What is trimethylation of H3K27?