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2. Biomolecules and Enzymes

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
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made of long unbranched chain of these amino acids

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proteins

#2
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repeating sequence of atoms along the core of the polypeptide chains

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polypeptide backbone

#3
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give amino acids its unique properties

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side chains

#4
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bonds of protein foldings

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hydrogen bonds, electrostatic attractions, and van der Waals

#5
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assist in protein folding

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molecular chaperones

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generated when a single polypeptide chain twists around on itself to form a rigid cylinder

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a helix

#7
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form from neighboring segments of the polypeptide backbone that run in the same orientation

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parallel chains

#8
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hydrogen bonding of the peptide backbone; helices and β sheet

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secondary structure

#9
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from a polypeptide backbone that folds back and forth upon itself, with each section of the chain running in the direction opposite of that of its immediate neighbors

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antiparallel chains

#10
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formed from two or more have most of their nonpolar side chains on one side

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coiled-coil

#11
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amino acid sequence

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primary structure

#12
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full 3D organization of a polypeptide chain

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tertiary structure

#13
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readily recognized when the genome of any organism is sequence

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protein families

#14
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protein molecule formed as a complex of more than one polypeptide chain

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quaternary structure

#15
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human genome have how many coding genes

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21,000 protein-coding genes

#16
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tests to be undergone for protein sequence viewing

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x-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)

#17
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the basic units of proteins that can fold, function, and evolve independently

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protein domains

#18
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process of creating new combination of gene functional domains

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domain shuffling

#19
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during vertebrate evolution has given rise to many novel combinations of protein domains

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domain shuffling

#20
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the subset of protein domains, mobile during evolution

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protein modules

#21
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recognition domain – only in humans

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Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) antigen

#22
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any region of a protein’s surface that can interact with another molecule

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binding site

#23
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forming a symmetric complex of two protein subunits (dimer)

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head to head arrangement

#24
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ropelike structures; important component of the cytoskeleton

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intermediate filaments