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What are Proteins?
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Proteins = Compounds cmposed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and amino acids. Some amino acids also contain sulfer.
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What are Amino Acids?
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Amino Acids = The building blocks of proteins.
Each has an amine grouop at one end, an acid group at the other, and a distinctive side chain. |
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What is an Amine?
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Amine = the nitrogen containing portion of an amino acid.
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Side Chain
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The unique chemical structure attached to the backbone of each amino acid that differentiates one amino acid from another.
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Essential Amino Acids
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Amino Acids that either cannot be synthesized at all by the body or cannot be synthesized in amounts sufficient to meet physiological need.
Also called Indispensable Amino Acids. |
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Conditionally Essential Amino Acid
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An amino acid that is normally non-essential but must be supplied by the diet in special circumstances when the need for it exceeds the body's ability to produce it.
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T or F, the amino acids in a strand of protein are generally the same?
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False, A strand of amino acids may contain 20 different kidns of amino acids
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How many amino acids make up proteins of living tissues?
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About 20
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How many essential amino acids are there?
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10
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Peptide Bond
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A bond that connects one amino acid with another, forming a link in a protein chain.
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T or F, Protein strands are coiled irregularly due to chemicall attractions among amino acids.
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True
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What makes protein unique from the other energy units?
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They prossess nitrogen side chains.
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Collagen
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Collagen = the type of protein from which connective tissues such as scars, tendons, ligaments, and the foundations of bones and teeth are made.
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Enzymes
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Enzyme = proteins that facilitate chemical reactions without being changed in the process; Protein Catalysts
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Hemoglobin
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Hemoglobin = globular protein of red blood cells, whose Iron atoms carry oxygen around the body via the bloodstream.
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