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100

What is the pKa of the Amino Acid Y? 

pKa of Tyrosine ("Y") = 10.5

100

What causes carbon monoxide to bind at a bent angle? 

The distal histidine:  His E7! 

100
How do you remove an integral membrane protein? 

you have to use detergents to remove. 

100

How much ATP is produced from GLYCOGEN when you use the Glycerophosphate shuttle? 

31 ATP 

100

What is the relationship between Km and affinity? 

If Km increases, then affinity goes down. 
200

What are some beta sheet facts? 

Some listed below: 

H-bonds  occur between aa’s on adjacent strands perpendicular to strand direction (Y axis) Side Chains (R-Gps) alternate in pointing above & below plane perpendicular to H-bonds AND strands (Z axis)

they run antiparallel to be more stable. 

•usually 6-12 residues involved per strand.

•Repeating unit of 2 AA residues w/ distance = 7 Å (3.5 Å per AA)

• May be amphipathic - One surface of B sheet may consist of hydrophobic side chains (R gps) while other can have hydrophilic ones



200

What makes the T-State tense? 

Lone pairs and H-Bonds not present in the R state 


200

Give an example of an NSAID and what type of inhibitor is it? 

Naproxen/Aleve: Reversible competitive 

Ibuprofen/Advil: Reversible competitive 

Aspirin: Irreversible/ suicide or RSA

200

What are the reactants and products of the enolase reaction? 

2PG --> PEP + H2O 

200

Which disaccharide has two glucose molecules connected by an beta 1 to 4 glycosidic bond? 

This is Cellubiose. 

Not to be confused with cellulose which is a polysaccharide. 

300

What is the main bonding interaction for the different levels of structure? 

Primary: Covalent Bonds 

Secondary: H-Bonds 

Tertiary: Hydrophobic 

Quaternary: Hydrophobic 

300

What is DIPF? 

It is a group-specific irreversible inhibitor for all things Serine protease.

It is a nerve gas. 

300
Rank the lipoproteins from lest to most dense: 

Chylomicrons, VLDL, IDL, LDL, HDL

300

What is the main regulatory control point of the TCA and how is it regulated? 

Step 3; Isocitrate DH, IRAN

Ireversable

Rregulated 

ADP activates this reaction 

NADH inhibits this reaction 

300

How do you know if something is a reducing sugar? 

Ring: look for a free OH on the Anomeric Carbon 

Linear: Look for a free aldehyde or ketone that can tautomerize into an aldehyde. 

400

What is the net charge of the Amino Acid H at a pH of 9.0? 

Net Charge: +1/2 or +0.5

400
What do the intercepts of an LB plot tell you? 

An LB plot tells us this: 

x-intercept = -1/Km 

y-intercept = 1/Vmax

400

What does Platelet activating factor look like? 

It is a glycerophospholipid with a choline headgroup and a short acetate chain at the  C-2 position

400

What enzyme classification is Aconitase in the TCA? 

EC 4 Lyase 

400

What is the difference between delta and omega nomenclature and give an example. 

Delta count from the head group and omega count from the tail: 

Example: Palmitoleic acid is C16:1 ∆9   or C16:1w7

500

What is the PI of this polypeptide? 

FINALTEST

3.75

500

What are the three broad types of irreversible inhibitors? 

Group Specific, Suicide, and Reactive Substrate Analogs

500

What are the 7 classes of lipids and their identifiable portions? 

1st: Fatty Acid: long chain with carboxylic acid headgroup 

2nd: Biological Wax: esters with two long chain tials 

3rd TAGs three tails + glycerol backbone

4th: Glycerophospholipids: has a phophate headgroup with an saturated and unsaturaed FA at C1 and C2 respectivly 

5th: Sphingolipids: has a sphingosine backbone and a Nitrogin at C2

6th: Tepenoids with that isopren unit (5 carbons and 2 DBs) 

7th: Steroids: that steroid backbone 3 six member rings and 1 five member ring all fused together. 


500

What is the ETC and OX phos pathway? 

NADH: Complex 1 --> Coenzyme Q --> Complex 3 --> Cyt C --> Complex 4 

FADH2: Complex 2 then same as NADH


Then protons flow through compelx 5 to produce ATP

500

What complex in the ETC is inhibited by Oligomycin A? 

Complex 5 or ATP synthetase

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