L2: Water & Weak Interactions
L3:Amino acids & Protein Properties
L4:Protein Structures
L5:Fibrous Proteins & Folding
L6:Assisted Protein Folding & Misfolded Diseases
100

Weakest yet most universal intermolecular force

What are Van der Waals / London dispersion forces

100

This amino acid is achiral

What is glycine Why is it achiral?

100

True or False: Anti-parallel beta sheets have angled H-bonds

False, they have straight on H-bonds, allowing for stronger interactions than a parallel sheet. 

100

Collagen is rich in these amino acids

Proline & Glycine & Hydroxyproline

100

This type of post-translational modification signals for protein degradation

Ubiquitination

200

Describe the entropy of this system: 

What is low entropy / ordered system

200

pKa of the amino and carboxyl group...

What is pKa2 and pKa10

200

A membrane protein is partially outside of the cell and partially inside. We consists of an alpha helix...what kind of property would this helix have? 

What is amphipathic? 

200

BME or beta-mercaptoethanol disrupts what type of bond

What are S-S, disulfide bonds
200

These exposed patches causes misfolded proteins to aggregate

What are hydrophobic patches

300

Major driving force for protein folding & cell membrane assembly

What are Hydrophobic Interactions

300

This structure allows for the side chains of Tyrosine & Tryptophan to absorb UV light

What is an Aromatic ring

300

This motif is found in CDPKs (Ca2+ dependent protein kinases)

What is an EF Hand?

300

A key event in protein folding is...

What is hydrophobic collapse?

300

Which chaperone prevents aggregation and how?

What is HSP70 & by protecting the hydrophobic patches

400

Water interacting with salt is what type of interaction

What is ion hydration / ion-dipole

400

If pH = pI, the amino acid is exclusively in what form? 

What is zwitterion form

400

This motif is useful for transporting hydrophobic molecules such as Vitamin....what is the motif? 

What is a beta-barrel & Vitamin A
400

T/F: Proteins only have only folding pathway, that always lead to the native state

False, proteins can have multiple folding pathways, which can lead to intermediates known as molten globules

400

The pulling force to unravel a protein by HSP100 comes from...

What is ATP hydrolysis?

500

A membrane protein that interacts with both inside and outside of the cell is likely to have...

What are amphipathic properties

500

A lab technique used for separating proteins based on size

What is size chromatography

bonus 100 points, explain how this separation technique works

500
How does neuraminidase promote viral replication? 

What is cleaving sialic acid?

500

If protein folding decreases entropy...does it violate the second law of thermodynamics...and why? 

(2nd law: in any any energy transfer, the total entropy of an isolated system always increases)

No, because the release of water upon protein folding gets released, increasing entropy, which is greater than the decrease of entropy from protein folding. 

500

How does the GroEL/GroES accelerate / lead protein folding compared to spontaneous folding?

What is encapsulated folding and hiding of hydrophobic residues? (Open answer)

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