What causes enzymes to become denatured?
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How do temperature, pH, and substrate concentration affect the rate of enzyme activity?
How do temperature, pH, and substrate concentration affect the rate of enzyme activity?
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How does enzyme catalysis involve molecular motion and the collision of substrates with the enzyme’s active site?
How does enzyme catalysis involve molecular motion and the collision of substrates with the enzyme’s active site?
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How does the active site of an enzyme enable specific substrates to bind
How does the active site of an enzyme enable specific substrates to bind
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What patterns, trends, and discrepancies exist in protein assembly among organisms, given that most use the same amino acids?
What patterns, trends, and discrepancies exist in protein assembly among organisms, given that most use the same amino acids?
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How can molecular diagrams illustrate the formation of a peptide bond?
How can molecular diagrams illustrate the formation of a peptide bond?
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How does heat or deviation from optimum pH lead to protein denaturation?
How does heat or deviation from optimum pH lead to protein denaturation?
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How do proteins like rubisco, insulin, immunoglobulins, rhodopsin, collagen, and spider silk illustrate the diversity of protein functions?
How do proteins like rubisco, insulin, immunoglobulins, rhodopsin, collagen, and spider silk illustrate the diversity of protein functions?
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What makes an individual’s proteome unique?
What makes an individual’s proteome unique?
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Why do living organisms synthesize a variety of proteins with a wide range of functions?
Why do living organisms synthesize a variety of proteins with a wide range of functions?
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Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of genetically modifying crops, including soya, maize and rice
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Outline the process of genetic modification using bacterial production of a human protein as an example, limited to: (a) isolation of the DNA making up a human gene using restriction enzymes, forming sticky ends (b) cutting of bacterial plasmid DNA with the same restriction enzymes, forming complementary sticky ends (c) insertion of human DNA into bacterial plasmid DNA using DNA ligase to form a recombinant plasmid (d) insertion of recombinant plasmids into bacteria (specific details are not required) (e) multiplication of bacteria containing recombinant plasmids (f) expression in bacteria of the human gene to make the human protein
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Outline examples of genetic modification: (a) the insertion of human genes into bacteria to produce human proteins (b) the insertion of genes into crop plants to confer resistance to herbicides (c) the insertion of genes into crop plants to confer resistance to insect pests (d) the insertion of genes into crop plants to improve nutritional qualities
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Describe genetic modification as changing the genetic material of an organism by removing, changing or inserting individual genes
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