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- What elements make up proteins?
- What are some examples of proteins?
- What are amino acids?
- What are some examples of amino acids?
- What are some examples of the function of proteins?
- Explain the primary structure of proteins.
- Explain the secondary structure of proteins.
- How do amino acids affect enzymes?
- How do amino acids react to water and oil?
- How does denaturation affect the function of proteins?
- How does the structure of protein relate to its function?
- What is the function of protein in the human body?
- What is a protein's overall function dependent on?
- Question #38676
- How do cells make proteins?
- What is the function of molecular chaperones during protein synthesis?
- What are the characteristics of proteins?
- Which organelles are involved in protein formation?
- Question #75ec3
- How do proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids relate to the food pyramid?
- What is an integral membrane protein? What is its function?
- Why are fibrous proteins insoluble in water?
- How are proteins used in the body?
- How are proteins are made in the animal cell?
- What is the chemical composition of proteins?
- Where are proteins found in the cell membrane?
- How do proteins differ from polypeptides?
- Do you need to heat a solution in order for protein to be detected using a Biuret Test?
- Why are proteins water soluble and why do they become not water soluble after denaturation?
- What is the function of proteins in the human body?
- Where are proteins located in the body?
- What are proteins used for?
- Can you provide examples of 4 proteins and discuss their key functions/users in biological systems?
- What are the main functions of proteins in living things?
- How do ribosomes make proteins?
- What are some examples of carrier proteins used in passive transport?
- What is the difference between peripheral and integral protein membranes?
- What are embedded proteins?
- Why are all enzymes are proteins, but not all proteins are enzymes?
- What kind of proteins go all the way through the bilayer of the cell membrane?
- What are the different types and functions of membrane proteins?
- How does shape affect protein structure and function?
- What are the basic building blocks of proteins, lipids, and polysaccharides?
- What are some structural characteristics that differentiate between proteins, RNA, and DNA?
- What are some examples of functional and structural proteins?
- What are the function of peripheral proteins?
- What are the functions of transmembrane proteins?
- What is the difference between channel proteins and carrier proteins?
- What is the relationship between lipids and proteins?
- What are the primary/secondary/tertiary structures of proteins?
- What organelle synthesizes proteins?
- Why are proteins important to cells?
- Why are proteins needed in the body?
- What proteins make up the cytoskeleton?
- What proteins control the cell cycle?
- What proteins are in milk?
- How do proteins relate to dna?
- How do proteins utilize the energy from atp?
- How do proteins relate to dna?
- How do proteins help determine traits?
- How do proteins help condense chromosomes?
- What causes proteins to denature?
- What is the relationship between proteins and hormones?
- How can proteins be modified after translation?
- What proteins are fundamental to the immune system?
- Why are proteins crucial to cell growth and maintenance?
- Where are proteins made in a cell?
- How does the organization of genetic material differ in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms?
- What is the general function and structure of proteins?
- How do the structures of proteins differ from the structures of carbohydrates?
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- What functional group stabilizes a protein structure?
- Differences between alpha helix and beta pleated sheet structures of proteins?
- A protein loses its normal shape and is no longer able to perform its normal functions (because of a disruption due to heat, pH change, etc.). What type of non-working protein is this now said to be?
- What are three functions of proteins?
- Question #f72d0
- Why is chirality important in living things?
- Question #5983a
- What is ADP phosphorylation?
- What is oxidative photophosphorylation?
- What is phosphorylation and why is it important?
- What are the differences between oxidative, substrate an photophosphorylation?
- Does substrate level phosphorylation and oxidative phosphorylation occur in plants or does photophosphorylation only occur in plant? Why?
- Why does the glucose need to be phosphorylated? Just to give it energy?
- How does a phosphorylation cascade work? What does it do to the original signal?
- How do substrate level phosphorylation and oxidative phosphorylation differ from one another?
- Why is phosphorylation important?
- Why is phosphorylation needed?
- Why is phosphorylation significant?
- Why is phosphorylation of glucose important?
- Why is phosphorylation favorable?
- Why is phosphorylation endergonic?
- Why are phosphorylation cascades useful?
- What does phosphorylation mean?
- What is phosphorylation in photosynthesis?
- What does phosphorylation do to a protein?
- What does phosphorylation do to a molecule?
- What does phosphorylation do?
- Question #e2061
- What is the difference between an annual plant and a biennial plant ?
- What are the four types of macromolecules?
- Question #3c4f8
- What substance is added during hydrolysis in order to break down food macromolecules?
- How are proteins distinguished from each other?
- What type of protein speeds chemical reactions?
- What function do proteins perform in the cell membrane?
- What is an amino acid and how do they make up proteins?
- About how many typical amino acids are found in proteins?
- We know that proteins are denatured when at high temperatures. What about when we cook them and eat them?
- Under extreme environmental conditions, such as temperature or pH, proteins may lose their three-dimensional shape. What is this called?
- Question #023ce
- What are the chemical functions of proteins and nucleus acids?
- What is the end product of protein digestion?
- What is the difference between a polypeptide and a protein?
- How is the confirmation of a protein directly linked to its function?
- Amino acids are connected together in a chain to form polypeptide. Does it happen with disulphide bonds?
- Question #17ead
- What molecules form proteins when linked with covalent bonds?
- Where are albumin, fibrinogen and prothrombin made?
- Question #8d2bf
- What determines the shape of a protein?
- Chemically speaking, what is protein?
- How are amino acids, polypeptides, and proteins related?
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- What are the simple units that make up proteins?
- What is mostly present in our blood-- carbaminohaemoglobin or carboxyhaemoglobin?
- Question #bbb5e
- What is the difference between essential amino acids and nonessential amino acids?
- Question #2b03f
- Protein synthesis is the process of what?
- What is the role of the enzyme lipase?
- Why are amino acids called the building blocks of proteins?
- What is the word for membrane proteins that have carbohydrates attached to them?
- What are good sources of protein?
- The primary structure of a protein is formed by what?
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- How would you describe the primary structure of a protein?
- Many of the clotting factors and proteins are made in which organ?
- Which types of proteins activate some chemical reactions in the body?
- Question #05c87
- Proteins are constructed using how many different amino acids?
- What do you call a protein that catalyzes reaction?
- Which part of an amino acid's structure makes it unique from other amino acids?
- Which RNA molecules are involved in the synthesis (making) of a protein?
- Can one gene make different proteins?
- What is meant by complete and incomplete when talking about amino acids?
- When solute molecules pass through the membrane passively using a carrier protein, it is referred to as what?
- Question #cf02e
- How do hydrophobic amino acids and hydrophilic amino acids cause proteins to have a specific shape?
- How large is a protein?
- How are polysaccharides (carbohydrates), fats, and proteins broken down?
- Question #8df2f
- Are cytoskeleton filaments/rods a type of protein?
- What is a bond between two amino acids called?
- Are A,C,G,T proteins?
- How the proteins are classified?
- Is protein an enzyme or it just acts as an enzyme?
- Is there a difference between calorific value and calorimetric value of food, say protein? Or is calorific value the more accurate term to use? Also, what is the calorimetric value of protein?