Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Lecture, chapter 7 - Protein structure and function

Today we covered most of chapter 7, on protein structure and function. We further discussed the secondary structure of proteins (α-helices and β-sheets), and we talked about the tertiary and quaternary structures as well.

In terms of function we mainly discussed how DNA-binding proteins can read the information in the double helix without breaking the hydrogen bonds between bases.

Reminder: The first draft of the review paper is due tomorrow at noon. Send me an electronic file (preferably a Word document) before then.

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