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Basic bio, I will rate you If you eat a meal that contains 40 g of glucose, 16 g

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Basic bio, I will rate you

If you eat a meal that contains 40 g of glucose, 16 g of protein and 15 g of fat, how many total calories would you get from the meal?

What two functional groups do all amino acids have? What makes one amino acid structurally unique from another? What are the two functional groups that interact between two individual amino acids to form a dipeptide. What is the specific name of the bond that links two amino acids together?

What are the four levels of protein structure? What type of bonds holds together the secondary level? At which level do proteins first gain functionality? Hemoglobin has what level of protein structure? How about insulin?

Why is insulin such an important protein, historically and physiologically?

One human cell can synthesize a fully functional insulin molecule? With recombinant DNA technology, why are two bacterial cells required to make a fully functional human insulin molecule?

Explanation / Answer

you eat a meal that contains 40 g of glucose, 16 g of protein and 15 g of fat, how many total calories would you get from the meal?

359 calories

What two functional groups do all amino acids have?

Amino group and carboxylic acid group

What makes one amino acid structurally unique from another?

Difference in alkyl chain

What are the two functional groups that interact between two individual amino acids to form a dipeptide.

Amino and carboxylic acid group

What is the specific name of the bond that links two amino acids together?

Peptide bond

What are the four levels of protein structure?

Primary ,secondary ,tertiary ,quartenary

What type of bonds holds together the secondary level?

Hydrogen bonds between adjacent amino acids

At which level do proteins first gain functionality?

Secondary at least

Hemoglobin has what level of protein structure? How about insulin?

Quartenary, same for insulin

Why is insulin such an important protein, historically and physiologically?

First human hormone to be prepared through biotechnology

Controls blood sugar

One human cell can synthesize a fully functional insulin molecule?

Yes

With recombinant DNA technology, why are two bacterial cells required to make a fully functional human insulin molecule?

One for vector and other one for genomic gene.