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Kuru -Papau New Guinea
-cannibalism
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bovine spongiform encephalopathy -mad cow disease 0 mcs5109 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:06:47 GMT view revision history
scrapies -sheep scrape their wool on fence 0 mcs5109 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:06:47 GMT view revision history
nucleoplasmins -acidic nuclear proteins
-required for in vivo assembly of nucleosomes
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Hsp90 -folds proteins involved in signal transduction 0 mcs5109 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:34:12 GMT view revision history
Hsp70 -protein unfolding increased at high temps
-bind to newly synthesized proteins off ribosome
-help unfold proteins if they have to traverse a membrane
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dithiothreitol -oxidizes BPTI 0 mcs5109 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:20:04 GMT view revision history
BPTI -bovine prancreatic trypsin inhibitor
-fully inactive if reduced
-3 disulfide bonds
-oxidized by dithiothreitol
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circular dichroism -measure amt of helical structure
-proteins absorb in UV region due to aromatic compounds
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intrinsic fluorscence of Rnase A -used to measure denaturing of protein 0 mcs5109 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:12:57 GMT view revision history
Janus -similar to GB1 in structure
-shows not all aas important in protein structure
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GB1 -bacterial protein that binds to IgG
-change 50% of proteins to turn into Janus (Rop protein)
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mercaptoethanol -reduces disulfide bonds 0 mcs5109 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:42:59 GMT view revision history
chaotropic salt -disrupts the three dimensional structure in macromolecules
-interfere with stabilizing intra-molecular interactions mediated by non-covalent forces such as hydrogen bonds, van der Waals forces, and hydrophobic effects.
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urea -chaotropic salt 0 mcs5109 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:42:59 GMT view revision history
native vs. denatured energy chnage -small
-diff b/w entropy and enthalpy
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entropy -disorder
-favors denatured state
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enthalpy -energy of non-covalent bonds (H bonds, ionic bonds, etc.)
-favored in native state
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