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Classification of Protein According to Gross Structure A. Fibrous Proteins. These are largely insoluble in ordinary aqueous media (salt solutions, acid, etc.). Their molecular weight is high, though this has not been definitely determined. They consist of fibers made up of long linear molecules arranged (roughly) parallel to the fiber axis. They are amorphous (that is noncrystalline) and are capable of being stretched and then released t contact again. Their function is largely one of structure or support. Years ago they were given such names an albunimoids and sclerins. Example of individual members are collagen (from cartillage); myosin (muscle); keratin (hair); fibrin (clot of blood). These proteins are difficult to purity. B. Globular Proteins. These are soluble in aqueous media (salt solutions, acids, bases, or aqueous alcohol). They have been crystallized and have definite molecular weight. They are characterized by their ability to become denatured, which is a molecular diso

Chemical Nature of the Protein Using the traditional methods of the organic chemist, it can be shown that protein yield a mixture of amino acids when hydrolyzed by acid, alkali or enzymes. Most protein yield some 19 different amino acids. They are all alpha amino acids, and with the exception of glycine, (which contains no asymetric atom), they all belong to the L-series with reference to the alpha-carbon atom. R-C(alpha)H-COOH-NH3 The structure of typical amono acid is given above, R represent some group which determine the particular kind of amino acid in question. In the original protein molecule these amino acids are joined together by bonds between the carboxyl group of one amino acid and the amino group of another, with the splitting off of water. The bond between two amino acides, -CO-NH- is called the peptide bond. When just two amino acids are involved, the resulting compound is called a dipeptide. The availability of an amino and a corboxyl group in the dipeptide m

Protein In the Cell Some 15 percent by weight of the total body is made up of protein. The membrane of animal cells represents an insoluble protein complex; the protoplasm contains soluble proteins and cytoplasmic bodies, which are to a large extent, insoluble proteins such as are found associated with mitochondria and microsomes; though microsomes also contain soluble proteins. Insoluble and soluble proteins are found in the nucleus. Protein are found in all living cells, in single celled algae and bacteria and in multicelled man, and in substances known as VIRUSES, which may well represent the borderline between the living and the lifeless. These proteins have many functions; they include maintaining osmotic integrity; storage for some particular element; enzymes, to catalyze, biochemical reactions, hormones to regulate metabolic processes (like insulin); carriage of molecular oxygen (like hemoglobin); the transportation of lipida (like lipoproteins). The complexity of the pro

Stereochemistry is the study of the spatial arrangement of atoms in molecules and the effect thereof on the bulk properties and reactions of chemical compounds. In chemistry, Stereochemical principles have become useful tools for determining the structures and for revealing the details of chemical and biochemical reaction pathways. Stereochemistry is a special concern in the areas of biochemistry, biophysics, and drug development as well. On a molecular level, nearly all biochemical processes involve the spatial recognition of one molecule by another, and such recognition serves as the means by which energy structures are built. As early as 1823, Friedrich Wohler and Jusfus Liebig recognized that two chemical compounds might have the same elemental composition yet differ in the order in which the atoms were linked together. It was widely believed, until almost the end of the 1800s, that these criteria alone were enough to define completely a chemical compound. In 1848, however, the F

Phosphorus is a nonmetallic chemical element that is a member of Group VA in the periodic table. The chemical symbol for phosphorus is P , its atomic number is 15, and its atomic weight is 30.975. Phosphorus was first prepared by German alchemist Hennig Brandt in 1669, in the course of his search for the philosopher's stone he obtained from a residue of evaporated urine a white solid that glowed in the dark and ignited spontaneously in air. The name phosporus (from the Greek for "light bringing"), which at that time was used for any substance that glows of itself, was eventually appropriated to this element. Phosphorus does not occur in elemental form in nature; it is found most commonly in apatite minerals such as fluorapatite. There are white phosphorus, black phosphorus and red phosphorus. Red phosphorus is considered as mixture of black phosphorus and white phosphorus. See the picture of each kind of phosphorus: White phosphorus Red phosphorus Black P

Arsenic is a metallic chemical element in Group VA of the periodic table. Its symbol is As, its atomic number is 33, and its atomic weight is 74.9216. The Earth's crust contains only about 5.5 parts arsenic per million, but it occurs in many minerals. Arsenic exist in three allotropic modifications, the yellow (alpha) and the black (betha) and metallic, or gray (gamma). Normally arsenic is found in its metallic form, which is the most stable and its normal pressure does not melt but sublimes at about 615 o C. It forms alloy with other metalls. The alpha and betha modifications have no metallic properties. Arsenic is fairly reactive. Above 400 o C it burns with a bluish flame, forming arsenic trioxide, As2O3. This compound is know as white arsenic and is used as a rat poison. The toxic quality of arsenic has been known since ancient times. In the human body it accumulates in the nails and the hair, where it can be detected, even in the bodies of persons long dead, by the atomic

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