29. Amino Acids

Which type of proteins are marked for destruction in cells through the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway?

What is a polypeptide in the context of proteins and amino acids?

Which part of an amino acid varies among the 20 different amino acids?

Which type of chemical modification of a protein is known to have the widest variety of activities?

Proteins are made of what monomer?

Which of the following are proteins produced by living organisms that function as catalysts?

In a pulse-chase experiment, which type of proteins are typically radioactively labeled to study their synthesis and degradation?

Which codon specifies the amino acid methionine in protein synthesis?

How many calories per gram are provided by proteins?

Which of the following is a monomer of a protein?

Which of the following is not a component of an amino acid molecule?

What effect would a mutation have on a protein if the DNA codon sequence GTT changes to GTC?

How many nucleotides are needed to specify three amino acids in a protein sequence?

What differentiates one amino acid from another?

How are two amino acids typically linked together in a protein structure?