Friday, September 9, 2011

Biology Blog 4

Explain the differences between the primary, secondary, tertiary and quartenary structure of a protein.

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  1. The correlation between form and funtion in proteins is an emergent property rsulting from supermposed levels of protein structure. Primary structure unique sequence of amino acids in a protein.Secondary structure regular , repeated coilig and folding of a protein's. Tertiary structure 3-D shape of a protein. Quaternary structure is a structure that results from the interactions between and among several polpeptide chains.

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  2. The primary structure of a polypeptide or protein is the sequence of amino acids in the protein. Each three letter abbreviation it is represented by stands for one of the twenty basic amino acids found in living things. Secondary structure refers to the folding of the chain of amino acids into a helix or a pleated sheet. Tertiary structure refers to a higher level of folding in which the helices and sheets of the secondary structure fold upon themselves. This higher level folding arises for several reasons. First, different regions of the amino acid chain are hydrophilic or hydrophobic and arrange themselves accordingly in water. Second different regions of the chain bond with each other via hydrogen bonding or disulfide linkages. This kind of structure is most important in globular proteins. Quaternary structure arises when polypeptide chains are bound together usually by hydrogen bonds. For example hemoglobin the oxygen carrying protein in blood has four subunits hydrogen bonded together. Most proteins with a molecular weight of 50,000 or more are made of such units.

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  3. The term primary structure refers to the amino acid sequence in a protein.

    The terms secondary and tertiary structure refer to the three-dimensional (3D) conformation of a protein chain. Secondary structure refers to the interactions of the backbone chain (that is, the amide linkages). Tertiary structure refers to interactions of the side chains. The distinction between secondary and tertiary is not entirely clear, and you will see various definitions. Emphasize understanding typical examples of secondary and tertiary structure, and let definitions emerge from those examples. Formal definitions are not so helpful here, unless you already understand the basic ideas.

    Quaternary structure refers to the interaction between separate chains in a multi-chain protein. The types of interactions may be any of those found in secondary and tertiary structures.

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  4. Primary structure of proteins refers to the exact sequence of the amino acids in the polypeptide chain.
    Secondary structure refers to the shape acquired by the backbone of the polypeptide chain when hydrogen bonds form between the carboxylic group of one amino acid and the amide group of another amino acid. there are two shapes in secondary structured proteins:
    Alpha Helix and Beta-pleated sheet
    tertiary structure refers to the shape taken up by the polypeptide chain as a result of bonds formed between the R-groups of the amino acids. three types of bonding may exist:
    Hydrgen bond, ionic bond and /or disulphide bonds.

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  5. The difference between the structures is that each of them is a different step of the creation of a protien all having different sequences.Primary Structure is the unique set of amino acids in a protien. Secondary Structure is the coiling and folding of the polypeptide making it a Alpha Helix or a Beta pleated sheet. tertiary Structure is the formation of the protien in a 3-D figure. Quaternary is the result of polypeptide chains combining.

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  6. Anthony

    Primary structure of proteins-refers to the sequence of the amino acids in the polypeptide chain.
    Secondary structure-refers to the shape acquired by the backbone of the polypeptide chain when hydrogen bonds form between the carboxylic group of one amino acid and the amide group of another amino acid. there are two shapes in secondary structured proteins:
    Alpha Helix and Beta-pleated sheet

    Tertiary structure-refers to the shape taken up by the polypeptide chain as a result of bonds formed between the R-groups of the amino acids. (3 Dimensional/3D)
    three types of bonding may exist:
    Hydrgen bond, ionic bond and /or disulphide bonds.

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  7. The primary structure of a protein is the sequence of amino acids.
    The secondary structure is the stage in which the chain of amino acids folds into a helix.
    The tertiary structure of a protein is the further folding of the secondary structure to form a three-dimensional figure.
    The quarternary structure of a protein is a couple of tertiary structures bonded together to form a globular like figure. This is the final stage of a protein.

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  8. Primary Structure is refered to proteins is the unique sequence of amino acids. It is determined by genes. Any kind of changed to it would affect the way it works and the way is looks.
    Secondary structure is a regular, patterned coiling and folding of a protein's polypeptide backbone, the two types of protein pleated sheets are Alpha Helix and Beta Pleated Sheet.
    Tertiary structure is the 3D shape of a protein, the shape is taken by polypeptide chains, which are formed by R groups and amino acids. The three types of bonds are weak interactions, hydrophobic interactions,and Covalent linkage.
    Quaternary structure is a structure that results from the activity between polypeptide chains. Collagen, is a fibrous protein with a triple helix. Examples of it are hemoglobin and globular protein that has four subunits.

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  9. The primary structure of proteins refers to the sequence of the amino acids in the polypeptide chain. The secondary structure is the stage in which the chain of amino acids folds into a helix. There are two shapes in secondary structured proteins:
    1- Alpha Helix
    2- Beta-pleated sheet
    The tertiary structure of a protein is the further folding of the secondary structure to form a three-dimensional figure. Three types of bonding may exist:
    1- Hydrogen bond
    2- Ionic bond
    3- Disulphide bonds.
    The quaternary structure of a protein is a couple of tertiary structures bonded together to form a globe-like figure, which is the final stage of a protein.

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  10. the primary structure of proteins is many amino acids coming together to form a polypeptide chain. The secondary structure is when this chain folds into a helix. There are two types of foldings in the secondary structure: alpha helix and b-pleated sheets. The tertiary structure of a protein is when hydrogen, ionic, and disuplphide bonds connect many alpha helices and b-pleated sheets to form longer chains of 2D figures. Quaternary structures are when 2 or more tertiary structures come together to form a 3D figure, which is the final stage of a protein.
    Lia

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  11. Edgar
    The primary structure of a protein is the structure of amino acids. The secondary structure is when two primary structures join, they either form into an a- helix and b- pleated sheets. The tertiary structure of a protein is the further folding of the secondary structure to form a 3D figure. The quarternary structure of a protein is 2 or more tertiary structures bonded together to form a globular like figure. This is the final step of a protein

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  12. The primary function is the sequence of amino acid. The secondary is function is te linkage of the amino acid into a helix. The tertiary is the extra folding and the quaternary structure is the result an final stage of a protein.

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  13. The primary protein structure is the linear sequence of amino acids that form the molecule.
    The primary structure is the basis of the protein identity. Modification of only one amino acid of the primary structure creates a different protein. This different protein can be inactive or can even have other biological functions.
    The secondary protein structure is generated by the manner its amino acids interact through the intermolecular bond. These interactions create a spatial conformation of the polypeptide filament. The two most studied secondary conformations of proteins are the alpha-helix and the beta-sheet.
    The tertiary protein structure is a spatial conformation additional to the secondary structure in which the alpha-helix or the beta-sheet folds itself up. The forces that keep the tertiary structure generally are interactions between the –R groups of the amino acids and between other parts of the protein and water molecules of the solution.
    The main types of tertiary structure of proteins are the globular proteins and the fibrous proteins.
    The quaternary protein structure is the spatial conformation due to interactions among polypeptide chains that form the protein.
    Only those proteins made of two or more polypeptide chains have quaternary structure. Insulin (two chains), hemoglobin (four chains) and the immunoglobulins (antibodies, four chains) are some examples of protein having quaternary structure.
    -Alique

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  14. Primary structure of proteins-refers to the sequence of the amino acids in the polypeptide chain.
    Secondary structure-refers to the shape acquired by the backbone of the polypeptide chain when hydrogen bonds form between the carboxylic group of one amino acid and the amide group of another amino acid. there are two shapes in secondary structured proteins:
    Alpha Helix and Beta-pleated sheet

    Tertiary structure-refers to the shape taken up by the polypeptide chain as a result of bonds formed between the R-groups of the amino acids. (3 Dimensional/3D)
    three types of bonding may exist:
    Hydrgen bond, ionic bond and /or disulphide bonds.

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