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What is a quaternary structure?
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Result of two+protein subunits assembling to form a larger, biologically active protein complex.
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What a secondary structure?
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Describes alpha helices and beta sheets that are formed by hydrogen bonding between backbone atoms located near eachother in polypeptide chain.
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What is a tertiary structure?
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When protein folds into complex 3D shape stabilized by interactions between side chain R groups of amino acids.
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Primary structure.
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Sequence of amino acids in a protein.
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Proteins are polymers of...
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Amino acids.
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The secondary structure of a protein results from...
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Hydrogen bonds.
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A competitive inhibitor...
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Has a structure similar to the substrate that it can bond to the enzyme just like the substrate.
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Noncompetitive inhibitor...
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Binds to a site on the enzyme that is not the active site.
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Irreversible inhibitor...
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Forms a covalent bond with an amino acid side group within the active site which prevents substrate from entering the active site.
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The competitive inhibitor competes with the substrate for the _______ on the enzyme.
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Active site.
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When the noncompetitive inhibitor is bonded to the enzyme the shape of the _____ is distorted.
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Enzyme.
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Name a polymer that is composed of amino acids.
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Proteins.
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Enzyme inhibitors disrupt normal interactions between an enzyme and its...
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Substrate.
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What monomer makes up RNA?
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Nucleotides.
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Name a statement about the formation of polypeptides from amino acids...
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Bond forms between carboxyl functional group of one amino acid and the amino functional group of the other amino acid.
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