Proteins are biological macromolecules that are diverse in shape size and function.
Enzymes are molecules that facilitate reactions in a living cell without undergoing too much change i.e. these are biological catalysts.
The ability of proteins to undergo shape changes and reversibly so, make them most suited to function as enzymes among other things.
Other biological macromlecules like sugars and fats are less suited for such a function. Some RNA molecules serve as enzymes too . And for the same reason,too.
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Extrinsic or peripheral proteins are held loosely in the membrane , their removal is easy. They can be Removed simply by changing the pH. Intrinsic proteins are deeply embedded in...
are buid up out of amino acids. All amino acids have a similar backbone structure, but differ in their side chains. These side chains have different properties, some are...
To be a reducing sugar, you have to have either an aldehyde or a ketone functional group. I'm only going to talk about Aldehydes, but it is the same for...
Proteins produced by ribosomes on the rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) either embed in to membranes (integral membrane proteins) or enter the lumen of the RER. The latter proteins can then...
in the nephrons of the kidney, the glomerulus filters blood to produce glomerular filtrate. the filtrate contains salts, water, amino acids, glucose and urea. these can be filtered from the...
If you have a flat symmetrical molecule such as Borane $BH_3$ then dividing $360^@$ by the number of bonds makes sense, but in the case of a three dimensional tetrahedral...
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