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  • Question
  • Which of the following is the most correct?


  • Options
  • A. Charged amino acids are never buried in the interior of a protein
  • B. Charged amino acids are seldom buried in the interior of a protein
  • C. All hydrophobic amino acids are buried when a protein folds
  • D. Tyrosine is only found in the interior of proteins

  • Correct Answer
  • Charged amino acids are seldom buried in the interior of a protein 


  • Protein Stability problems


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    • 1. At the midpoint of a temperature transition curve,

    • Options
    • A. half of the protein is denatured
    • B. Keq = 1.0 and ?G = 0
    • C. [Native] = [Unfolded]
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. Since ?G° = -RTlnK

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    • A. a 10-fold increase in K decreases ?G° by about 10-fold
    • B. a 10-fold decrease in K decreases ?G° by about 2.3*RT
    • C. a 10-fold increase in K decreases ?G° by about 2.3*RT
    • D. a 10-fold decrease in K increases ?G° by about 10-fold
    • Discuss
    • 3. Unpaired H-bond donors and acceptors are found in the hydrophobic core of a protein

    • Options
    • A. only at the ends of a-helices
    • B. only at the turns connecting p-strands
    • C. only on Pro residues
    • D. rarely
    • Discuss
    • 4. Buried hydrophobic side chains in a globular protein fit into a hole formed by the side chains of

    • Options
    • A. 1-3 other amino acids
    • B. 5-7 other amino acids
    • C. 9-12 other amino acids
    • D. 13-15 other amino acids
    • Discuss
    • 5. The correlation between free energy ?G transfer between the aqueous/organic phases and the surface area of amino acid residues

    • Options
    • A. reflects the reduction in solvent-accessible area during protein folding
    • B. is only meaningful for the polar amino acids
    • C. ignores the important contribution of the peptide bond
    • D. is similar to effects seen with SDS denaturation
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following forces is the most unfavorable for protein folding?

    • Options
    • A. Conformational entropy
    • B. Hydrophobic interactions
    • C. Vander Waals interactions
    • D. Electrostatic interactions
    • Discuss
    • 7. Attractive Vander Waals forces occur between

    • Options
    • A. apolar molecules in the liquid state
    • B. any pair of nearby atoms
    • C. polar molecules in the solid state
    • D. only if other forces are less favorable
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which of the following forces is the most favorable for protein folding?

    • Options
    • A. Conformational entropy
    • B. Hydrophobic Interactions
    • C. Vander Waals interactions
    • D. Hydrogen bonds
    • Discuss
    • 9. If the egg white protein, ovalbumin, is denatured in a hard-boiled egg, then which of the following is least affected?

    • Options
    • A. The primary structure of ovalbumin
    • B. The secondary structure of ovalbumin
    • C. The tertiary structure of ovalbumin
    • D. The quaternary structure of ovalbumin
    • Discuss
    • 10. In a native PAGE, proteins are separated on the basis of

    • Options
    • A. net negative charge
    • B. net charge and size
    • C. net positive charges size
    • D. net positive charge
    • Discuss


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