BIOC 2580 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis, Ultracentrifuge, Isoelectric Focusing

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Myoglobin is a protein that stores o2 in muscle tissue. 1 dalton (da) = 1 g/mol (mass of h atom) Amino acids are joined with amide bonds to from a protein. Linked by peptide bonds (type of amide bond. Each amino acid has an amino group (nh3+) and a carboxylate acid group (coo-) Each amino acid has a different side chain [r] Formed by reaction between the amino group of one amino acid and the carboxylate group of another amino acid. Condensation involves removal of h2o from the units being linked. Hydrolysis regenerates the original carboxylic acid and amino group. The c=o group of the amide is the point of weakness allowing h2o attack. Large numbers of amino acids can be linked together to form a peptide chain. The combination of different side chains r are what gives each protein its unigue properties. There are 153 amino acids in myoglobin (16. 5 kda)

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