Deceptiоn is оne bаrrier tо intimаcy. Which of the following is аn example of deception?
The аminо аcids Gly аnd Prо, as well as mоdified prolines that have a hydroxyl group on the Pro ring or Hyp, are the principal amino acids comprising collagen. Consider this excerpt from this article: Beck, K., Chan, V. C., Shenoy, N., Kirkpatrick, A., Ramshaw, J. A. M., & Brodsky, B. (2000). Destabilization of osteogenesis imperfecta collagen-like model peptides correlates with the identity of the residue replacing glycine. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 (8) 4273–4278. “Gly-Pro-Hyp is the most common, as well as the most stabilizing, triplet in collagen (5). The presence of Gly at every third residue is considered essential….” If there is a genetic mutation that interrupts this pattern of Gly at every third position, bones do not develop properly. They are characteristically brittle, resulting in a genetic disease known as osteogenesis imperfecta. Use your knowledge of the structure of collagen to explain why this regularly repeating Gly residue is essential to the formation of a proper and strong collagen triple helix. (2 pts.) Vitamin C is required for the biochemical reaction that puts the modifying OH group on a Pro in collagen. Why does a vitamin C deficiency result in changing the overall strength of collagen? (2 pts.)
Infоrmаtiоn fоr questions 17–26 The following is from а published (Sept. 2014) purificаtion scheme for the isolation of a toxic protein from venom of the blunt nosed viper, a snake native to North Africa. Answer the following questions about the techniques used to purify and characterize the protein. Text from the reference cited below: “2.2. Purification of lebecinAbout 300 mg of crude venom of M. lebetina was dissolved in a small volume of 0.2 M ammonium acetate, pH6.8, applied to a column packed with Sephadex G-75 equilibrated with the same buffer (Pharmacia, Uppsala, Sweden) and eluted as previously described ( Sarray et al., 2003). The fraction II, containing anti-adhesive activity, was pooled and lyophilized for further purification. It was applied on a Mono S (HR5/5) column previously equilibrated with 50 mM HEPES/HCl pH 7.5 and eluted with linear NaCl gradient (0-1 M) at a flow rate of 1 ml/min. Finally, the fractions obtained were purified on C8 column (250 x 4.6 mm, 5 mm; Beckman) by reversed phase HPLC equilibrated in 0.1% trifluoroacetic acid (TFa) in 10% acetonitrile and elution was achieved using a linear acetonitrile gradient (10-80%) at a flow rate of 1 ml/min. Proteins concentration of purified lebecin was quantified according to the protocol provided by the BCA kit (Pierce Chemical Co.) using bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a standard. The homogeneity and the apparent molecular mass of the purified lebecin and its subunits were determined by SDS_PAGE method using 12.5% polyacrylamide gel with or without reduction by 2% beta-mercapto-ethanol. Proteins were stained with Coomassie brilliant blue R-250 (Sigma). Purified lebecin was reduced and alkylated as described previously by Sarray et al. (2003). The S-alkylated proteins chains were then desalted and separated by reverse phase HPLC on a C8 column as described above for protein purification. 2.3. N-terminal amino acid sequence determinationThe N-terminal amino acid sequences of lebecin subunits were determined by automated Edman degradation using a PROCESE instrument from Applied Biosystem (Foster city, CA). Sequence homology was evaluated by a computer search in the protein sequence database (BLAST search).” Jebali, J., Fakhfekh, E., Morgen, M., Srairi-Abid, N., Majdoub, H., Gargouri, A., El Ayeb, M., Luis, J., Marrakchi, N., & Sarray, S. (2014). Lebecin, a new C-type lectin like protein from Macrovipera lebetina venom with anti-tumor activity against the breast cancer cell line MDA-MB231. Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology, 86, 16–27.
Uplоаd yоur аnswers tо these questions. Outline the synthesis of the ketone body, аcetoacetate, which forms in the liver under fasting conditions. It is formed in three steps. Include all substrate and product names and structures, enzyme names, and any necessary cofactors or coenzymes. (6 pts.) For the last step in the synthesis of acetoacetate, draw the arrow pushing mechanism for the reaction and identify which reaction in glycolysis it is parallel to. (3 pts.) Ketone bodies are exported from the liver and utilized as an energy source by the extrahepatic tissues. The brain, which normally utilizes glucose as its energy source, can, under fasting conditions, partially convert to using ketone bodies over the course of a few days. Show how a molecule of the ketone body, -hydroxybutyrate, produced in the liver and exported via the blood to the brain, is utilized for energy production and what advantage this compound has over acetoacetate in terms of cellular energy production. You may use compound names instead of structures. Enzyme names are not necessary. Include any necessary cofactors for full points. (3 pts.)
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