A protein engineer was tasked to design a polypeptide chain that has an a-helical stretch that needs to span a lipid bilayer. The lipid bilayer has an average thickness of 40 angstroms. Howmany amino acid residues should the engineer include in the a-helical portion of the polypeptide chain that she is designing so that the helical portion will most closely match the thicknessof the lipid bilayer?O 20O 27O 30O 10

Alpha helix is a very common Secondary structure motif of protein in which NH group of peptide…

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Which of the following levels of protein structure may be affected by hydrogen bonding? (a) primary and secondary (b) primary and tertiary (c) secondary, tertiary, and quaternary (d) primary, secondary, and tertiary (e) primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary
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Which categories of amino acid would you expect to find on the surface of a soluble protein, and which would you expect to find in the interior? What distribution of amino acids would you expect to find in a protein embedded in a lipid bilayer? What does “polar” mean, in the case of an ionized molecule and how is this related to “charged” of a molecule? Explain the significance φ, ψ contour diagram in proteins and explore how is it interpreted?
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In the following diagram of a portion of a protein, label the types of interactions that are shown. What level of protein structure are these interactions producing? ____________________
Proteins frequently form complexes in which 2, 3, 4, or even more individual proteins (“monomers”) interact specifically with each other via hydrogen bonds or electrostatic interactions. The entire assembly of proteins can act as one unit in solution, and this assembly is called the “quaternary structure” of the protein. Suppose you discover a new protein whose monomer molar mass is 25,000 g>mol. You measure an osmotic pressure of 0.0916 atm at 37 °C for 7.20 g of the protein in 10.00 mL of an aqueous solution. How many protein monomers form the quaternary protein structure in solution? Treat the protein as a nonelectrolyte.
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Which of the following statements are correct about the native state of a protein (select all that apply)? A. Polar sidechains commonly interact with water B. Hydrophobic amino acids tend to be on surface of protein C. The sidechains of polar amino acids are most commonly found in the central core of a protein D. Formation of an alpha-helix is primarily driven by hydrogen bonds between the protein main chain, not sidechains. E. Secondary structure is largely driven by hydrophobic interactions
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