NATS 1670 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Alpha And Beta Carbon, Transfer Rna, Carboxylic Acid
3 Dec 2016
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Proteins are the active players in most cell processes. Involved in essentially all sub-cellular, cellular, and developmental functions in living organisms. Enzymatic: catalysts in biochemical reactions (dna/rna polymerase) Regulatory: control of gene expression, intercellular signaling (transcription factors) Made of the backbone: 2 carbon, alpha carbon (middle), another carbon, attached to hydroxyl. Nitrogen is an asset to the protein structure. Amino acids binding to each other make proteins. Peptide bonds are enzymatically created within the ribosome, one at a time, according to sequence determined by dna linking amino acids. These are the building blocks of proteins. Proteins make up the bulk of cell structures, and some serve as enzymes for catalyzing cellular reactions. Components of translation between codons in mrna and amino acids. Mrna: the template used to specify amino acid sequence. Process of converting stored information in nucleic acid sequences into. Genetic code the ribosomes read mrna sequences in 3-base codons.
