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  • Question
  • The different orders of protein structure are determined by all of the following bond types except


  • Options
  • A. peptide bonds
  • B. phospho-diester bonds
  • C. disulfide bridges
  • D. hydrogen bonds

  • Correct Answer
  • phospho-diester bonds 


  • Structure and Properties of Peptides problems


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    • 1. Heme is the binding pocket of myoglobin and hemoglobin and is composed of

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    • A. negatively charged residues
    • B. polar residues
    • C. hydrophobic residues
    • D. positively charged residues
    • Discuss
    • 2. Peptides in the fully extended chain conformation

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    • A. have Y = F = 180°
    • B. do not occur in nature
    • C. also have a cis geometry in their peptide bonds
    • D. are equivalent to the (3-sheet structure
    • Discuss
    • 3. The nature of peptide bond can be best explained as

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    • A. partial double bond
    • B. truly double bond
    • C. Hydrogen bond
    • D. Van der waals force
    • Discuss
    • 4. The oxygen in hemoglobin and myoglobin is bound to

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    • A. the iron atom in the heme group
    • B. the nitrogen atoms on the heme
    • C. histidine residues in the protein
    • D. lysine residues in the protein
    • Discuss
    • 5. The peptide bond in proteins is

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    • A. only found between proline residues
    • B. usually cis unless proline is the next amino acid
    • C. usually trans unless proline is the next amino acid
    • D. is planar because of steric hinderance
    • Discuss
    • 6. An oil drop with a polar coat is a metaphor referring to the three dimensional structure of

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    • A. fibrous proteins
    • B. collagen
    • C. globular proteins
    • D. silk protein
    • Discuss
    • 7. What is the proportion of glycine residues in collagenous regions?

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    • A. One-fourth
    • B. One-third
    • C. Half
    • D. One-tenth
    • Discuss
    • 8. Secondary structure in protein refers to

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    • A. linear sequence of amino acids joined together by peptide bond
    • B. three dimensional arrangement of all amino acids in polypeptide chain
    • C. regular folding of regions of the polypeptide chain
    • D. protein made up of more than one polypeptide chain
    • Discuss
    • 9. What is the effect of a decrease in pH on hemoglobin oxygen affinity?

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    • A. Decrease in oxygen affinity
    • B. Increase in oxygen affinity
    • C. No effect on oxygen affinity
    • D. Increase affinity in muscle cell otherwise decrease
    • Discuss
    • 10. Disulfide bonds most often stabilize the native structure of

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    • A. extracellular proteins
    • B. dimeric proteins
    • C. hydrophobic proteins
    • D. intracellular proteins
    • Discuss


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