BIOL 118 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Covalent Bond, Amine, Peptide

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Monomers polymerize through condensation reactions - monomer in, water out. Monomers are removed from polymers by hydrolysis - water in, monomer out. Water reacts with a polymer to release a monomer. Linking several amino acids together forms a polypeptide (figure 3. 6) Every protein has its own unique sequence of amino acids. There are 20^n different polypeptides of a length n. For a polypeptide of 10 amino acids long, 20^10 or 10 trillion possible sequences. Changing just a single amino acid can radically alter protein function. Normally residue #6 (of 146) is a glutamine (polar) Resulting protein tends to crystallize when oxygen levels are low. The carboxyl oxygen of one amino acid residue. Hydrogen bonds are between atoms in the backbone. A polypeptide must then bend to allow this hydrogen. The backbone bends at angles (like an accordion) A protei(cid:374)"s seco(cid:374)dary structure increases its stability. Hydrogen bonds are very weak relative to a covalent bond.

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