EXAM Questions
and Answers
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Henderson-
HasselbachhEquationhAns-
pHh=hpKah+hlogh([A-]h/h[HA])
FMOChChemicalhSynthesis
Ans-
Usedhinhsynthesishofhahgrowinghaminohacidhchainhtohahpolystyrenehbead.hF
MOChishusedhashahprotectinghgrouphonhthehN-terminus.
SaltinghOuth(Purification)
Ans-
Changeshsolublehproteinhtohsolidhprecipitate.hProteinhprecipitateshwhenh
thehchargeshonhthehproteinhmatchhthehchargeshinhthehsolution.
,Size-ExclusionhChromatography
Ans- Separateshsamplehbasedhonhsizehwithhsmallerhmoleculeshelutinghlater.
Ion-ExchangehChromatography
Ans- Separateshsamplehbasedhonhcharge.hCMhattractsh+,hDEAEhattractsh-
.hMayhhavehrepulsionheffecthonhlikehcharges.hSalthorhacidhusedhtohremovehstuckhpr
oteins.
Hydrophobic/ReversehPhasehChromatography
Ans-
Beadsharehcoatedhwithhahcarbonhchain.hHydrophobichproteinshstickhbetter.h
Elutehwithhnon-H-bondinghsolventh(acetonitrile).
AffinityhChromatography
Ans-
Attachhahligandhthathbindshahproteinhtohahbead.hElutehwithhharshhchemicalsho
rhsimilarhligand.
SDS-PAGE
,Ans- UseshSDS.hGelhishmadehfromhcross-
linkedhpolyacrylamide.hSeparateshbasedhoffhofhmasshwithhsmallerhmoleculesh
movinghfaster.hVisualizedhwithhCoomassiehblue.
SDS
Ans-
Sodiumhdodecylhsulfate.hUnfoldshproteinshandhgiveshthemhuniformhnegativeh
charge.
IsoelectrichFocusing
Ans-
Variationhofhgelhelectrophoresishwherehproteinhchargehmatters.hInvolvesh
electrodeshandhpHhgradient.hProteinhstopshaththeirhpIhwhenhneutral.
FDNBh(1-fluoro-2,3-dinitrobenzene)
Ans- FDNBhreactshwithhthehN-terminushofhthehproteinhtohproducehah2,4-
dinitrophenolhderivativehthathlabelshthehfirsthresidue.hCanhrepeathhydrolysishtoh
h
determinehsequentialhaminohacids.
DTTh(dithiothreitol)
, Ans- Reduceshdisulfidehbonds.
Iodoacetate
Ans- Addshcarboxymethylhgrouphonhfreeh-SHhgroups.hBlockshdisulfidehbonding.
Homologs
Ans- Sharesh25%hidentityhwithhanotherhgene
Orthologs
Ans- Similarhgeneshinhdifferenthorganisms
Paralogs
Ans- Similarh"paired"hgeneshinhthehsamehorganism
RamachandranhPlot
Ans- Showshfavorablehphi-psihanglehcombinations.h3hmainh"wells"hforhα-
helices,hß-sheets,handhleft-handedhα-helices.