BIOBM 3310 Course Review.docVIP

BIOBM 3310 Course Review Monday, December 8, 2008 PEPTIDES AND AMINO ACIDS ? general structure (do not memorize side chains) ? meaning of pKa and how to do Henderson-Hasselbalch calculation ? categories of AA (polar vs nonpolar) ??draw peptide bond PROTEIN STRUCTURE ? forces ? folding constraints: bond angles, lengths, and size of atoms ?? ???? rotation restrictions ??Ramachandran Map draw Ramachandran Map or describe in words OBSERVED STRUCTURES ? ?-helix, ?-sheet, turns, collagen: general properties (dont memorize ????) ? I, II, III, IV and folds (structural domains) ??transie