Structure of biomolecules and Biorecognition. Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins. Antibodies. Enzymes. Nucleic Acids. Biorecognition: Enzyme/Substrate. Antigen/antibody. Hybridization. Other affinity interactions in nature. Strept(avidin), Protein A and G. Aptamers. Biomimetic recognition. The importance of water in biorecognition. Biological buffers.
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This lecture will be focused on the structure of proteins. Today we are going to study the folding of proteins into tertiary and quaternary structure and the importance of this folding in the function.
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1. Large, Y shaped protein used by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign objects such as pathogenic bacteria and viruses
2. Large biomolecule, or macromolecule, consisting of one or more long chains of amino acid residues
3. Protein that acts as biological biocatalyst
4. The first level of protein structure
5. Basic, positively charged amino acid
6. Secondary protein structure
7. Type of beta sheet
8. Protein structure of the virus
9. Loss of structures results in loss of...
10. Protein denaturation agent
11. Amino acid that can form a reversible disulfide bond
12. Secondary protein structure
13. A molecule that contains an equal number of positively and negatively charged functional groups
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