Holy Rosary College of Sta. Rosa Laguna, Inc.

Tagapo, City of Santa Rosa, Laguna

HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

School Year 2023-2024

GENERAL BIOLOGY 1 – 2ND QUARTER

ACTIVITY 3: PROTEINS

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Instructions: Answer the following questions.

1. What elements (atoms) are proteins made of?

2. What types of food can you find proteins in?
3. What are the building blocks (monomers) of proteins?
4. How many different building blocks (common building blocks) are there in total?
5. About how many different types of proteins can be found in the human body?
6. What types of bonds connect these building blocks?
7. What is a chain of amino acids called?
8. Which picture below represents a protein:

A. B. C. D.

9. Why are there so many different shapes of proteins?

10. Explain what happens if even one amino acid is substituted for another in a polypeptide chain.
Provide a specific example.

11. Describe the differences in the four protein structures.

12. Aquaporins are proteins embedded in the plasma membrane that allow water molecules to move
between the extracellular matrix and the intracellular space. Based on its function and location,
describe the key features of the protein’s shape and the chemical characteristics of its amino
acids.