Activity Number 300

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Protein Conservation: an View into Proteomics

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	Overview and Learning Objectives Students review aspects of protein structure and folding and then move to 3D molecules, evaluating the consequences of both conservative and non-conservative substitutions in protein sequences. The activity culminates in a comparison of human, rat and bacterial enzymes; students discuss why it is be important for some regions to be conserved. Students will be able to: • explain the basic forces at work in protein folding • differentiate conservative and non-conservative substitutions in mutations. • compare human, rat and bacterial enzymes and discuss why it is be important for some to be conserved. return to top



	Central Concepts Key Concept: Finding similarities in sequences is greatly aided by computers. Additional Related Concepts Molecular Biology Protein Folding Protein structure return to top



	Textbook References Biology: Concepts and Connections (Pearson) 5th Edition - Chapter 13: How Populations Evolve Biology: Concepts and Connections (Pearson) 5th Edition - Chapter 15: Tracing Evolutionary History Biology: The Dynamics of Life - Chapter 13: Genetic Technology Cell Biology (Pollard and Earnshaw) Saunders 2002 - Chapter 18: Protein Synthesis and Folding in the Cytoplasm Web of Life - Chapter 8: Protein Synthesis return to top



	Activity Credits Created by CC: Molecular Literacy using Molecular Workbench return to top



	Requirements Java 1.5+ - Java 1.5+ is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X 10.4 and greater. If you are using Mac OS X 10.3, you can download MW Version 1.3 and explore within it instead. return to top

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National Science Foundation under grant number DUE-0402553

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Protein Conservation: an View into Proteomics

Overview and Learning Objectives

Central Concepts

Additional Related Concepts

Textbook References

Activity Credits

Requirements