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CHAPTER 21: Amino Acids and Peptides: General, Organic, & Biological Chemistry
CHAPTER 21: Amino Acids and Peptides: General, Organic, & Biological Chemistry
Peptides
General, Organic, & Biological Chemistry
Janice Gorzynski Smith
Learning Objectives:
The 20 common, naturally occurring
Amino Acids
stereochemistry
acid/base chemistry
Peptides
Formation
N & C terminals
Smith, Janice Gorzynski. General, Organic,
2
& Biological Chemistry 2nd Ed.
Amino Acids Definition
6
Amino Acids Stereochemistry
Phe-Val-Asn-Gln-His-Leu-Cys-Gly-Ser-His-Leu-Val-Glu-Ala-Leu-Tyr-Leu-Val-Cys-Gly-
Glu-Arg-Gly-Phe-Phe-Tyr-Thr-Pro-Lys-Thr-R’
Smith, Janice Gorzynski. General, Organic,
20
& Biological Chemistry 2nd Ed.
Proteins Primary Structure
Hemoglobin
Hemoglobin
33
http://leavingbio.net/enzymes.htm
Enzymes Conformational Changes Upon Binding
34
http://plantcellbiology.masters.grkraj.org/html/Plant_Cell_Biochemistry_And_Metabolism1-Proteins_And_Enzymes.htm
Enzymes Inhibition
35
http://o.quizlet.com/i/WRLW8kdWLDOY1YZbEdKgyA_m.jpg
Enzymes HIV Protease Inhibitor
Protease inhibitors are designed to
mimic a peptide linkage (-NH-CO-)
but replaces the linkage with a
–CH2-CH(OH)- which binds to the
active site but the protease cannot
cleave a linkage so it stays bound.
Saquinavir:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_and_development_of_HIV-protease_inhibitors
Enzymes Lipoxygenase Inhibitor
37
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zileuton
Enzymes Differences in Binding Sites
OH
NHis
NHis
NHis NHis SOR Mechanism
NHis
OH2 O2 -
HOOH NHis H2O
H+ 2H+ OAsp FeII O2-
NHis
NHis
* O2- hydrogen bonds to residues in secondary
coordination sphere, positioning it near Fe(II),