Protein structure & engineering (Part - 2)
Proteins
Make up about 15% of the cell
Have many functions in the cell
Enzymes
Storage
Structural
Receptors
Motor
Signaling
Protection
Transport
Gene regulation
Special functions
Proteins
Proteins
Proteins
Protein structures
Primary structure
Is simply the sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide chain.
Example-
Insulin
Example-
Hemoglobin- normal and sickle cell anemia form
Secondary structure
How the sequence is twisted or folded
An alpha helix is coil of amino acids that are held in place by H-bonding
Wool is a stretchy protein that is mostly alpha helix
Secondary structure
The beta pleated sheets consists of an extended chain of amino acids
The Beta pleated sheets are placed in space by H-bonds between groups of adjacent chains
Silk is a non-stretchy protein which is mostly beta pleated sheet
Tertiary structures
How the twisted chain is folded into a compact structure
Tertiary structure is held in place by H- bonding and by many forces among various groups
Non-polar groups tend to fold to the interior of the protein where polar groups assemble at the periphery
Quaternary structure
Many proteins are actually assemblies of multiple polypeptide chains. The quaternary structure refers to the number and arrangement of the protein subunits with respect to one another
Examples Hemoglobin, DNA polymerase, and ion channels
Interesting facts about proteins
Knotted proteins
Protein folding
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