Amino Acids
What are amino acids?
The small parts that make peptide bonds which make proteins
What molecule undergoes glycolysis
Glucose
What amino acid causes a "kink" in secondary structure?
Proline
Name the acidic amino acids and provide their letter abbreviations:
Aspartate and Glutamate (DE)
Is glycolysis anaerobic or aerobic?
It can happen both aerobically and anaerobically
What holds together the secondary structure of proteins?
Hydrogen bonds
Name the basic amino acids and their abbreviations:
Lysine (K)
Histidine (H)
Arginine (R)
What process does glycolysis lead to?
The Kreb's Cycle
What is the primary structure of proteins called?
Peptides
What are the aliphatic amino acids?
Amino acids that only have carbons in their chain i.e. alanine, leucine, isoleucine, valine
What is the rate limiting enzyme of glycolysis?
phosphofructokinase (PFK)
What is tertiary structure of proteins?
The overall 3D-folding of a polypeptide chain
Explain what happens when an acidic/basic amino acid is exposed to a pH lower/higher than it's pka
Protonated/deprotonated
Give the full yield of glycolysis per one molecule of glucose
2 ATP, 2 NADH, 2 pyruvate
What is a protein domain?
Parts of a tertiary protein structure that have functions