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ANS 3440 Proteins
Proteins in livestock
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Agriculture
Undergraduate 3
03/17/2014

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Term
What is a complex organic compound of high molecular weight which contain C, H, O, N, S (organic polymers)?
Definition
Proteins
Term
What makes proteins different?
Definition
N and S components
Term
Each species of animal and each tissue in that animal has its own specific kind of protein. Function is the same but what is different?
Definition
Tissue type
Term
Kidneys try to get rid of excess nitrogen which then ends up in the what?
Definition
Environment
Term
Who determines nitrogen is essential for dogs?
Definition
Magendie
Term
Who coined the word protein?
Definition
Mulder
Term
Who developed the procedure to analyze for nitrogen that is still used today?
Definition
Kjeldahl
Term
In 1890 how many amino acids have been identified?
Definition
13
Term
Who published the first paper on amino acid necessity?
Definition
Osborne and Mendel
Term
In 1930 how many amino acids have been identified?
Definition
19
Term
Who discovered threonine?
Definition
W.C. Rose
Term
Who embarked on determining essential amino acids?
Definition
W.C. Rose
Term
How many common amino acids?
Definition
20
Term
What are the building blocks of protein?
Definition
Amino Acids
Term
All amino acids contain what 2 groups?
Definition
Amino group and Carboxyl group
Term
How many essential and non essential amino acids are there in each group?
Definition
10
Term
Phenylalanine, Valine, Tryptophan, Threonine, Isoleucine, Methionine, Histidine, Arginine, Lysine, and Leucine are all what kind of amino acids?
Definition
Essential Amino Acids
Term
In the essential amino acids what 2 amino acids have a ring structure?
Definition
Phenylalanine and Tryptophan
Term
In the essential amino acids what 3 amino acids have a branched group (chain)?
Definition
Valine, Isoleucine, and Leucine
Term
In the essential amino acids what 3 amino acids have and extra amino group (basic)?
Definition
Histidine, Arginine, and Lysine
Term
Alanine, Glycine, Serine, Cysteine, Tyrosine, Asparagine, Glutamine, Aspartic acid, Glutamic acid, and Proline are all what kind of amino acids?
Definition
Non Essential Amino Acids
Term
What are the 4 sources of Non Essential amino acids?
Definition
Synthesis, Transamination, Diet, and Protein turnover
Term
What source of non essential animo acids uses one amino acid and makes a different amino acid out of it?
Definition
Transamination
Term
In most non ruminant animals what amino acid is the most limiting?
Definition
Lysine
Term
Of essential amino acid in dietary protein, the amino acid in the least amount in relation to the animals needs is known as what?
Definition
First limiting
Term
What amino acids are found under the basic amino acid classification?
Definition
Lysine, Arginine, and Histidine
Term
What amino acids are found under the acidic amino acid classification?
Definition
Glutamic acid and Aspartic acid
Term
What amino acids are found under the aromatic AA classification?
Definition
Tyrosine, Phenyalanine, and Tryptophan
Term
What amino acids are found under the branched chain AA classification?
Definition
Valine, Leucine, and Isoleucine
Term
What amino acids are found under the sulfur containing AA classification?
Definition
Methionine and Cysteine
Term
What other amino acids of proteins are found in collagen synthesis?
Definition
Hydroxyproline and Hydroxylysine
Term
Where are the molecular blueprints found in protein synthesis?
Definition
Genes of Chromosomes
Term
Chromosomal DNA contains what in protein synthesis?
Definition
Coded sequences
Term
What is the 1st step in protein synthesis that takes place in the nucleus where chromosomal DNA transcribes the protein code into mRNA?
Definition
Transcription
Term
What is step 2 in protein synthesis?
Definition
Translation
Term
What are the 3 steps in translation?
Definition
Initiation, Elongation, and Termination
Term
What translation step is mRNA leaves the nucleus and attaches itself to a ribsome?
Definition
Initiation
Term
What translation step is mRNA decoded, tRNA carries the amino acids and inserts them?
Definition
Elongation
Term
What translation step is final amino acid placed (stopped by a stop codon), the protein is released from the ribsome (peptide bond b/w amino + carboxyl group)?
Definition
Termination
Term
What are the 4 levels of protein structures?
Definition
Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary
Term
This protein structure is read left to right, has a N terminal (amino group) and C terminal (carboxyl group), all proteins have this and known as peptide bonds?
Definition
Primary
Term
What protein structure has alpha helix, beta pleated sheet, and triple helix?
Definition
Secondary
Term
What is an example of alpha helix in the body?
Definition
Muscle tissue
Term
What is an example of beta pleated sheet?
Definition
Silk formation
Term
What is an example of triple helix in the body?
Definition
Tendons, Ligaments, Collagen, Connective tissue
Term
What is needed for hydroxylation of amino acids?
Definition
Vitamin C
Term
What protein structure has hydrogen bonds, sulfur bonds, sulfur bridges, salt linkages b/w basic and acidic amino acids?
Definition
Tertiary
Term
Shape is important for what 2 things?
Definition
Enzymes and Hormones
Term
What protein structure has bonding similar to tertiary and an example is hemoglobin molecule?
Definition
Quaternary
Term
What are the 2 ways to classify proteins?
Definition
Composition and Conformation
Term
Composition has what 2 types?
Definition
Simple and Conjugated
Term
What composition is when hydrolyzed yield only free amino acids?
Definition
Simple
Term
What composition is when hydrolyzed yield free amino acids plus a prosthetic group such as lipid, sugar, or mineral?
Definition
Conjugated
Term
Conformation has what 2 types?
Definition
Fibrous and Globular
Term
What conformation is insoluble in water and examples are keratin, elastin, collagen?
Definition
Fibrous
Term
What conformation is soluble in water and examples are albumin, hemoglobin, enzymes, and hormones?
Definition
Globular
Term
The ability of the food protein to meet the animals requirement for amino acids is known as what?
Definition
Protein Quality
Term
What 2 ways is protein quality measured?
Definition
Animal trials and Wet chemistry
Term
Biological value, nitrogen balance, Net protein utilization (NPU), Protein efficiency ratio (PER), Net protein ratio (NPR), and Slope ratio assay are what kind measurement?
Definition
Animal trials
Term
What animal trials are used more for human protein quality?
Definition
NPU, PER, and NPR
Term
Chemical score is known as what measured protein quality test?
Definition
Wet chemistry
Term
Chemical score is based on how many amino acids?
Definition
1
Term
EAAI is based on the composition of all what?
Definition
Essential AA
Term
What is the standard reference protein?
Definition
Egg
Term
Essential amino acid index is better than chemical score why?
Definition
Does all amino acids rather then 1, but has the same limitations as wet chemistry
Term
What are the wet chemistry limitations?
Definition
Doesn't tell amount digested or absorbed
Term
In non ruminant protein digestion it begins in the stomach, however gastric digestion is what?
Definition
Dispensable
Term
What are the 3 enzymes involved in non ruminant protein digestion?
Definition
Pepsinogen, Gelatinase, and Rennin
Term
Pepsinogen is the inactive form that is converted to what by HCL that makes it active?
Definition
Pepsin
Term
Pepsin acts as a what?
Definition
Endopeptidase
Term
Gelatinase does what?
Definition
Liquefies gelatin
Term
Rennin does what?
Definition
Curdles the milk protein
Term
In the non ruminant digestion of proteins majority of protein digestion takes place where?
Definition
SI
Term
What are the 3 locations enzymes are produced?
Definition
Pancreas, SI cells, Intracellular enzymes
Term
Pancreatic enzymes are released as what that means they are inactive?
Definition
Proenzymes
Term
In the non ruminant protein digestion the enzyme trypsinogen is activated by the action of an enteropeptidase called enterokinase and the result is trypsin which is what?
Definition
Autocatalytic (can convert other enzymes from active form to inactive form)
Term
What non ruminant pancreatic enzyme cleaves bonds in which the basic amino adics donate the carboxyl group?
Definition
Trypsin
Term
What non ruminant pancreatic enzyme cleave bonds in which the aromatic amino acids donate the carboxyl group?
Definition
Chymotrypsin
Term
What non ruminant pancreatic enzyme has a broad specificity concerning amino acids but is specific for elastin fibers?
Definition
Elastase
Term
What non ruminant pancreatic enzyme follows the action of chymotrypsin and cleaves the aromatic amino acids from the C terminal end?
Definition
Carboxypeptidase A
Term
What non ruminant pancreatic enzyme follows the action of trypsin and cleaves lysine and arginine from the C terminal end?
Definition
Carboxypeptidase B
Term
Trypsin will always cleave what in the C terminal peptide?
Definition
Lysine
Term
Trypsin always cleaves what 3 basic amino acids?
Definition
Lysine, Arginine, and Histidine
Term
Chymotrypsin cleaves what 3 aromatic amino acids?
Definition
Tyrosine, Phenylalanine, and Tryptophan
Term
What are 3 non ruminant brush border enzymes?
Definition
Aminopeptidase, Dipeptidase, Tripeptidase
Term
What non ruminant brush border enzyme cleaves amino acids from the N terminal end?
Definition
Aminopeptidase
Term
What non ruminant brush border enzyme cleaves dipeptides?
Definition
Dipeptidase
Term
What non ruminant brush border enzyme cleaves tripeptides?
Definition
Tripeptidase
Term
We have several intracellular peptidases that cleave dipeptides and tripeptides that ar absorbed at what percentage?
Definition
70%
Term
In ruminant protien digestion protein found within the Si of the ruminant are from what 2 sources?
Definition
By Pass and Microbial (gets most protein)
Term
The by pass of the ruminat is dietary protein that is what by the rumen microbes that is refered to as RUP?
Definition
Not Utilized
Term
What is digested and absorbed similar to a non ruminant in the true stomach and SI of that animal?
Definition
RUP(rumen undegratable protein)
Term
In the ruminant what is an excellent source of protein?
Definition
Microbes
Term
What is microbial protein?
Definition
Protein made by the microbes
Term
What is an important source of nitrogen fro micrboes, unique to ruminant, waste product for non ruminant?
Definition
Urea recycling
Term
How is urea in the ruminant recycled?
Definition
Dumped back into saliva
Term
In both ruminant and non ruminant, most proteins are absorbed as what?
Definition
Dipeptides or Tripeptides (70%)
Term
In both ruminant and non ruminant the remaining 30% is absorbed as?
Definition
Free amino acids
Term
What are the 4 free amino acid absorption pathways?
Definition
Acidic, Basic, Neutral, and Lmino/Glycine
Term
All theses free amino acid pathways require active absorption and what?
Definition
ATP and Na
Term
What amino acid donates its structure and examples are purines, glutathione?
Definition
Glycine
Term
What amino acid donates its structure and examples are purines, pyrimidines?
Definition
Serine
Term
What amino acid is used primary methyl donor (detox)?
Definition
Methionine
Term
What amino acid is the precursor of taurine?
Definition
Cysteine
Term
What amino acide is involved in moods, in milk and turkey that makes you tired, and contains serotonin, niacin?
Definition
Tryptophan
Term
What amino acid caontians melanin, epinephrine, norepinrphrine, and thyroid hormones?
Definition
Tyrosine
Term
What amino acid rection makes non essential amino acids?
Definition
Amination
Term
What amino acid rection generates to other amino acid?
Definition
Transamination
Term
What amino acid rection breaks down amino acids to use carbon skeleton for something else?
Definition
Deamination
Term
What carbon skeleton can make glucose?
Definition
Glucogenic
Term
What carbon skeleton cannot be used to male glucose and is stored as fat?
Definition
Ketogenic
Term
What carbon skeleton can both be made to glucose and stored as fat?
Definition
Gluco and Ketogenic
Term
Mammals excrete nitrogen as what?
Definition
Urea
Term
Aquatic species excrete nitrogen as what?
Definition
Ammonia
Term
Birds and reptiles excrete nitrogen as what?
Definition
Uric acid
Term
Urea takes place in the what?
Definition
Liver
Term
Urea is excreted through what?
Definition
Kidneys
Term
Urea takes a lot of what 2 things?
Definition
Water and energy
Term
I molecule of urea has how many amino groups?
Definition
2
Term
What is the collection point in the urea cycle?
Definition
Glutamate
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