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Appendix: CHEM2180 / Biochemistry

HendersonHasselbalchequation

conjugate base
acid form
[ ]
pH p log
[ ]
pH p when [HA] [A ], or HA is half-ionized
a
a
K
K



pK
a
forcommonaminoacids

backbone -COOH: ~2, -NH


3
+
: ~9
sidechain Arg: 12.5, Asp: 3.9, Cys: 8.3, Glu: 4.3, His: 6.0,
Lys: 10.5, Ser: ~13, Thr: ~13, Tyr: 10.1

PolypeptideCleavagebyspecificenzymesandchemicals

Trypsin : Arg-C, Lys-C


Chymotrypsin : Phe-C, Trp-C, Tyr-C; Leu-C
Clostripain : Arg-C
Staphylococcal protease : Asp-C, Glu-C
CNBr : Met-C

*trypsin and chymotrypsin will not cleave peptide bonds
where Pro is the amino acid contributing the N-atom


Nucleobaseskeletons

1
3
2
4
6
5
N
N

6
7
4
5
8
2
1
9
3
N
N
H
N
N

pyrimidine purine


SimpleMichaelisMentenkinetics


1 2 max
m
1 m
[S]
;
[S]
k k V
K v
k K


Fischerprojectionsofsomecommonmonosaccharides

CHO
CH
2
OH
H OH
H OH
H OH

CHO
CH
2
OH
H OH
O H H
H OH
H OH
CHO
CH
2
OH
O H H
O H H
H OH
H OH

CHO
CH
2
OH
H OH
O H H
O H H
H OH

CH
2
OH
CH
2
OH
C O
O H H
H OH
H OH

D-Ribose (Rib) D-Glucose (Glc) D-Mannose (Man) D-Galactose (Gal) D-Fructose

Haworthprojectionsofsomecommondisaccharides




Sucrose
(glucose-1-2-fructose)
Maltose
(glucose--1,4-glucose)
Cellobiose
(glucose--1,4-glucose)

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