NUTR 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Malnutrition, Carboxylic Acid, The Sequence
16 Dec 2017
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Much of the body is made of protein. Must be obtained from food-animal sources contains all 9 essential amino acids. Made from intake of essential amino acids via transamination. Some people have to consume these because their bodies lack the enzymes necessary. Cell signaling: cellular protein needs are conveyed to the cell nucleus. Transcription: messenger rna is constructed using dna as a template in the nucleus and then leaves. The mrna strand leaves the nucleus and brings to ribosomes in the cytoplasm. The trna translates the information carried by mrna by delivering amino acids. The sequence of amino acids in a chain. Organized predictable folds that develop based on charged amino acid backbone. Has polypeptides folded into a spherical structure adapted to hold oxygen atoms. Proteins specially shaped to hold two molecules together or split a molecule apart. Primary sequence is messed up from glutamine acid to valine. Phenotype: observable or biochemical characteristics of an organism (hair color)
