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BY
EBOT WALTER OJONG
Ph.D. CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY
PROTEINS
LESSON OBJECTIVES
At the end of this lesson you will have an
understanding of,
 the general structure of α- amino acids
 the 20 amino acids which make up proteins
the chemical nature of amino acids,
 different ways of classifying amino acids and proteins,
formation of peptide bonds and
the role of proteins in biological process.
INTRODUCTION
Amino acids are the basic structural units of proteins.
Proteins in all species from bacteria to humans are made
from the same set of twenty amino acids.
Amino acids take part in many types of reactions, but the
most important of these is the formation of a peptide
bond.
 This involves the joining of the α- carboxyl group of one
amino acid to the α-amino group of another amino acid,
with the loss of a water molecule.
INTRODUCTION
 Amino acids are grouped according to the
nature of their side chains.
CHEMICAL NATURE OF AMINO ACIDS
 An amino acid consists of amino group (NH2), a
carboxyl group (-COOH), a hydrogen atom (H)
and a distinctive R group bonded to a carbon
atom, called the α- carbon.
 The R group is specific to each amino acid.
 Amino acids in solution at neutral pH
are predominantly dipolar ions also called
a Zwitterions.
CHEMICAL NATURE OF AMINO ACIDS
 In the dipolar form, the amino group is
protonated (-NH3
+) while the carboxyl
group is dissociated (-COO-).
 The ionization state of an amino acid varies
with pH.
 At physiological pH, carboxyl groups exist
almost entirely as -COO- and amino groups
predominantly as -NH3+
IONIZATION OF AMINO ACIDS AT
DIFFERENT PH
THE 20 AMINO ACIDS FOUND IN PROTEINS
Proteins found in living organisms contain only
twenty (20) different kinds of amino acids.
The same 20 standard amino acids make up the
proteins in all living cell either in virus, bacteria,
yeast, plant or human cell.
These 20 amino acids combine in different
sequences and numbers to form various kinds of
proteins.
The table below shows the 20 standard amino
acids.
THE 20 STANDARD AMINO ACIDS
THE 20 STANDARD AMINO ACIDS
CLASSIFICATION OF AMINO ACIDS
 Amino acids are classified based on;
1. Nutritional requirement (Essential, non-
essential, semi-essential)
2. The fate of each amino acid in mammals
(glucogenic, ketogenic)
3. Charge (neutral, acidic, basic)
CLASSIFICATION BASED ON NUTRITIONAL
REQUIREMENT
1. Essential amino acids (EAA)
 Are amino acids that cannot be
synthesized by the human body, and
therefore have to be supplied by the diet.
EAA are also known as indispensable
amino acids.
CLASSIFICATION BASED ON NUTRITIONAL
REQUIREMENT
2. Non-Essential amino acids (EAA)
Are amino acids that can be synthesized by
the body are called non-essential amino
acids (dispensable amino acids).
CLASSIFICATION BASED ON NUTRITIONAL
REQUIREMENT
Out of the 20 common amino acids, 10 are
essential while the other 10 are non-essential.
Daily adult intake of amino acids is
approximately 0.8g/Kg.
This will be higher for a child or pregnant woman.
Dietary proteins cannot be absorbed directly from
the intestine. They must be hydrolyzed by a
group of enzymes (proteases and peptidases) to
amino acids.
CLASSIFICATION BASED ON NUTRITIONAL
REQUIREMENT
3. Semi-essential Amino Acids
These are amino acids that can be synthesized
within the organism but their synthesis is not in
sufficient amounts, however they should also be
provided in the diet.
Two amino acids are grouped under semi-essential
amino acids and they are Arginine and Histidine.
CLASSIFICATION BASED ON THE FATE OF
EACH AMINO ACID IN MAMMALS
 Amino acids can be classified as glucogenic (i.e.
potentially can be converted to glucose),
ketogenic (i.e. potentially be converted to
ketone bodies).
CLASSIFICATION BASED ON THE FATE OF
EACH AMINO ACID IN MAMMALS
1.GLUCOGENIC AMINO ACIDS
 Glucogenic amino acids are amino acids in
which their carbon skeleton gets degraded to
pyruvate, α ketoglutarate, succinyl CoA,
fumarate and oxaloacetate and then converted
to glucose and glycogen.
 These include alanine, cysteine, glycine,
arginine, glutamine, isoleucine, and tyrosine.
CLASSIFICATION BASED ON THE FATE OF
EACH AMINO ACID IN MAMMALS
2. KETOGENIC AMINO ACIDS
 These are amino acids in which their carbon
skeleton is degraded to acetoacetyl CoA, or
acetyl CoA and then get converted to acetone
and β-hydroxy butyrate which are referred to
ketone bodies.
 These include phenylalanine, tyrosine,
tryptophan, isoleucine, leucine, and lysine.
CLASSIFICATION BASED ON THE FATE OF
EACH AMINO ACID IN MAMMALS
2. KETOGENIC AMINO ACIDS
 These amino acids have the ability to form
ketone bodies which is particularly evident in
untreated diabetes mellitus in which large
amounts of ketone bodies are produced by
the liver.
 Degradation of leucine which is an exclusively
ketogenic amino acid makes a substantial
contribution to the formation of ketone
bodies especially during starvation.
CLASSIFICATION DEPENDING ON THE
CHARGE
1. NEUTRAL AMINO ACIDS
 These are amino acids that do not contain any
charge on the R group.
 They are further classified into
 Aliphatic amino acids which contains a chain
of carbon atoms e.g. Glycine, Alanine, Seine,
Threonine, Valine, Leucine, Isoleucine,
Asparagine, Glutamine
CLASSIFICATION DEPENDING ON THE
CHARGE
1. NEUTRAL AMINO ACIDS
 Aromatic amino acid which have an aromatic
shape or contains benzene ring e.g.
Phenylalanine, Tyrosine, Tryptophan.
 Heterocyclic amino acids which have
heterocyclic ring i.e. any of the ring structures
which contain different atoms.
 Sulphur containing amino acids which are amino
acids which contain Sulphur atom e.g. Cysteine
and Methionine.
CLASSIFICATION DEPENDING ON THE
CHARGE
2. Acidic amino acids: These are amino acids
that contain a negative charge or an acidic
group e.g. Aspartate, Glutamate
3. Basic amino acids: These contain a positive
charge or a basic group e.g. Arginine, Lysine and
Histidine.
FORMATION OF PEPTIDE BONDS
 The most important reaction of amino acids is
the formation of a peptide bond.
 This involves the joining of the α-carboxyl group
of one amino acid to the α-amino group of
another amino acid, with resultant loss of a
water molecule.
 Many amino acids (usually > 100) are joined by
peptide bonds to form a polypeptide chain.
CLASSIFICATION OF PROTEINS
 Proteins are macromolecules with a
backbone formed by polymerization of
amino acids. They are nitrogenous
compounds of high molecular weight
which play a vital or prime role in living
organisms.
 Proteins may be classified on the basis of
their composition, solubility, shape and
their biological functions
CLASSIFICATION OF PROTEINS
CLASSIFICATION OF PROTEINS
CLASSIFICATION OF PROTEINS
CLASSIFICATION OF PROTEINS BASED ON BIOLOGICAL
FUNCTIONS
Act as enzymes e.g. kinases, transaminases etc.
Act as storage proteins e.g. myoglobin, ferritin
Act as regulatory proteins e.g. peptide hormones,
DNA binding proteins
Act as structural proteins e.g. collagen,
proteoglycan
Act as protective proteins e.g. blood clotting
factors, immunoglobins (antibodies),
Act as transport protein e.g. hemoglobin, plasma
lipoproteins
Act as contractile or motile proteins e.g. actin,
tubulin
ROLES OF PROTEINS IN BIOLOGICAL
PROCESSES
Proteins play crucial roles in virtually all biological
processes.
Some of these roles include:
1. Enzymatic catalysis:
 Nearly all chemical reactions in biological
systems are catalyzed by enzymes.
Most enzymes are proteins. Thus, proteins play
the unique role of determining the pattern of
chemical transformations in biological systems.
ROLES OF PROTEINS IN BIOLOGICAL
PROCESSES
2. Transport and storage
Many small molecules and ions are transported by
specific proteins e.g. Hb (hemoglobin)
transports oxygen in erythrocytes while
myoglobin transports oxygen in muscle.
 Transferrin carries iron in the plasma of blood
to the liver where it is stored as a complex
with ferritin, another protein.
ROLES OF PROTEINS IN BIOLOGICAL
PROCESSES
3. Co-ordinated motion
 Proteins are the major components of muscle.
Muscle contraction is accomplished by the sliding
motion of two kinds of protein filaments.
4. Mechanical support
 The high tensile strength of skin and bone is due
to the presence of collage, a fibrous protein.
ROLES OF PROTEINS IN BIOLOGICAL
PROCESSES
5. Immune protection
 Antibodies are highly specific proteins that
recognize and combine with foreign substances
such as viruses, bacteria and cells from other
organisms.
6. Generation and transmission of nerve
impulses:
 The response of nerve cells to specific stimuli
is mediated by receptor proteins e.g.
rhodopsin is the photoreceptor protein in retinal
rod cells.
ROLES OF PROTEINS IN BIOLOGICAL
PROCESSES
7. Control of Growth and Differentiation:
 Controlled sequential expression of genetic
information is essential for the orderly growth
and differentiation of cells.
 Repressor proteins are important control
elements that silence specific segments of the
DNA of a cell.
 Nerve growth factor, a protein complex serves to
guide the formation of neutral networks in higher
organisms.
CONCLUSION
 Proteins are nitrogenous organic compounds
of high molecular weight which play a primary
role in living organisms.
 They are polymers of amino acids and are
essential nutrients for tissue growth, repairs
and replacement.
STUDY QUESTIONS
1. Describe the chemical nature of amino
acids.
2. Explain the formation of peptide bond.
3. State the biological role of protein in the
living system.

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Proteins.pptx

  • 1. BY EBOT WALTER OJONG Ph.D. CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY PROTEINS
  • 2. LESSON OBJECTIVES At the end of this lesson you will have an understanding of,  the general structure of α- amino acids  the 20 amino acids which make up proteins the chemical nature of amino acids,  different ways of classifying amino acids and proteins, formation of peptide bonds and the role of proteins in biological process.
  • 3. INTRODUCTION Amino acids are the basic structural units of proteins. Proteins in all species from bacteria to humans are made from the same set of twenty amino acids. Amino acids take part in many types of reactions, but the most important of these is the formation of a peptide bond.  This involves the joining of the α- carboxyl group of one amino acid to the α-amino group of another amino acid, with the loss of a water molecule.
  • 4. INTRODUCTION  Amino acids are grouped according to the nature of their side chains.
  • 5. CHEMICAL NATURE OF AMINO ACIDS  An amino acid consists of amino group (NH2), a carboxyl group (-COOH), a hydrogen atom (H) and a distinctive R group bonded to a carbon atom, called the α- carbon.  The R group is specific to each amino acid.  Amino acids in solution at neutral pH are predominantly dipolar ions also called a Zwitterions.
  • 6. CHEMICAL NATURE OF AMINO ACIDS  In the dipolar form, the amino group is protonated (-NH3 +) while the carboxyl group is dissociated (-COO-).  The ionization state of an amino acid varies with pH.  At physiological pH, carboxyl groups exist almost entirely as -COO- and amino groups predominantly as -NH3+
  • 7. IONIZATION OF AMINO ACIDS AT DIFFERENT PH
  • 8. THE 20 AMINO ACIDS FOUND IN PROTEINS Proteins found in living organisms contain only twenty (20) different kinds of amino acids. The same 20 standard amino acids make up the proteins in all living cell either in virus, bacteria, yeast, plant or human cell. These 20 amino acids combine in different sequences and numbers to form various kinds of proteins. The table below shows the 20 standard amino acids.
  • 9. THE 20 STANDARD AMINO ACIDS
  • 10. THE 20 STANDARD AMINO ACIDS
  • 11. CLASSIFICATION OF AMINO ACIDS  Amino acids are classified based on; 1. Nutritional requirement (Essential, non- essential, semi-essential) 2. The fate of each amino acid in mammals (glucogenic, ketogenic) 3. Charge (neutral, acidic, basic)
  • 12. CLASSIFICATION BASED ON NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT 1. Essential amino acids (EAA)  Are amino acids that cannot be synthesized by the human body, and therefore have to be supplied by the diet. EAA are also known as indispensable amino acids.
  • 13. CLASSIFICATION BASED ON NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT 2. Non-Essential amino acids (EAA) Are amino acids that can be synthesized by the body are called non-essential amino acids (dispensable amino acids).
  • 14. CLASSIFICATION BASED ON NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT Out of the 20 common amino acids, 10 are essential while the other 10 are non-essential. Daily adult intake of amino acids is approximately 0.8g/Kg. This will be higher for a child or pregnant woman. Dietary proteins cannot be absorbed directly from the intestine. They must be hydrolyzed by a group of enzymes (proteases and peptidases) to amino acids.
  • 15. CLASSIFICATION BASED ON NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT 3. Semi-essential Amino Acids These are amino acids that can be synthesized within the organism but their synthesis is not in sufficient amounts, however they should also be provided in the diet. Two amino acids are grouped under semi-essential amino acids and they are Arginine and Histidine.
  • 16. CLASSIFICATION BASED ON THE FATE OF EACH AMINO ACID IN MAMMALS  Amino acids can be classified as glucogenic (i.e. potentially can be converted to glucose), ketogenic (i.e. potentially be converted to ketone bodies).
  • 17. CLASSIFICATION BASED ON THE FATE OF EACH AMINO ACID IN MAMMALS 1.GLUCOGENIC AMINO ACIDS  Glucogenic amino acids are amino acids in which their carbon skeleton gets degraded to pyruvate, α ketoglutarate, succinyl CoA, fumarate and oxaloacetate and then converted to glucose and glycogen.  These include alanine, cysteine, glycine, arginine, glutamine, isoleucine, and tyrosine.
  • 18. CLASSIFICATION BASED ON THE FATE OF EACH AMINO ACID IN MAMMALS 2. KETOGENIC AMINO ACIDS  These are amino acids in which their carbon skeleton is degraded to acetoacetyl CoA, or acetyl CoA and then get converted to acetone and β-hydroxy butyrate which are referred to ketone bodies.  These include phenylalanine, tyrosine, tryptophan, isoleucine, leucine, and lysine.
  • 19. CLASSIFICATION BASED ON THE FATE OF EACH AMINO ACID IN MAMMALS 2. KETOGENIC AMINO ACIDS  These amino acids have the ability to form ketone bodies which is particularly evident in untreated diabetes mellitus in which large amounts of ketone bodies are produced by the liver.  Degradation of leucine which is an exclusively ketogenic amino acid makes a substantial contribution to the formation of ketone bodies especially during starvation.
  • 20. CLASSIFICATION DEPENDING ON THE CHARGE 1. NEUTRAL AMINO ACIDS  These are amino acids that do not contain any charge on the R group.  They are further classified into  Aliphatic amino acids which contains a chain of carbon atoms e.g. Glycine, Alanine, Seine, Threonine, Valine, Leucine, Isoleucine, Asparagine, Glutamine
  • 21. CLASSIFICATION DEPENDING ON THE CHARGE 1. NEUTRAL AMINO ACIDS  Aromatic amino acid which have an aromatic shape or contains benzene ring e.g. Phenylalanine, Tyrosine, Tryptophan.  Heterocyclic amino acids which have heterocyclic ring i.e. any of the ring structures which contain different atoms.  Sulphur containing amino acids which are amino acids which contain Sulphur atom e.g. Cysteine and Methionine.
  • 22. CLASSIFICATION DEPENDING ON THE CHARGE 2. Acidic amino acids: These are amino acids that contain a negative charge or an acidic group e.g. Aspartate, Glutamate 3. Basic amino acids: These contain a positive charge or a basic group e.g. Arginine, Lysine and Histidine.
  • 23. FORMATION OF PEPTIDE BONDS  The most important reaction of amino acids is the formation of a peptide bond.  This involves the joining of the α-carboxyl group of one amino acid to the α-amino group of another amino acid, with resultant loss of a water molecule.  Many amino acids (usually > 100) are joined by peptide bonds to form a polypeptide chain.
  • 24. CLASSIFICATION OF PROTEINS  Proteins are macromolecules with a backbone formed by polymerization of amino acids. They are nitrogenous compounds of high molecular weight which play a vital or prime role in living organisms.  Proteins may be classified on the basis of their composition, solubility, shape and their biological functions
  • 28. CLASSIFICATION OF PROTEINS BASED ON BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS Act as enzymes e.g. kinases, transaminases etc. Act as storage proteins e.g. myoglobin, ferritin Act as regulatory proteins e.g. peptide hormones, DNA binding proteins Act as structural proteins e.g. collagen, proteoglycan Act as protective proteins e.g. blood clotting factors, immunoglobins (antibodies), Act as transport protein e.g. hemoglobin, plasma lipoproteins Act as contractile or motile proteins e.g. actin, tubulin
  • 29. ROLES OF PROTEINS IN BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES Proteins play crucial roles in virtually all biological processes. Some of these roles include: 1. Enzymatic catalysis:  Nearly all chemical reactions in biological systems are catalyzed by enzymes. Most enzymes are proteins. Thus, proteins play the unique role of determining the pattern of chemical transformations in biological systems.
  • 30. ROLES OF PROTEINS IN BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES 2. Transport and storage Many small molecules and ions are transported by specific proteins e.g. Hb (hemoglobin) transports oxygen in erythrocytes while myoglobin transports oxygen in muscle.  Transferrin carries iron in the plasma of blood to the liver where it is stored as a complex with ferritin, another protein.
  • 31. ROLES OF PROTEINS IN BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES 3. Co-ordinated motion  Proteins are the major components of muscle. Muscle contraction is accomplished by the sliding motion of two kinds of protein filaments. 4. Mechanical support  The high tensile strength of skin and bone is due to the presence of collage, a fibrous protein.
  • 32. ROLES OF PROTEINS IN BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES 5. Immune protection  Antibodies are highly specific proteins that recognize and combine with foreign substances such as viruses, bacteria and cells from other organisms. 6. Generation and transmission of nerve impulses:  The response of nerve cells to specific stimuli is mediated by receptor proteins e.g. rhodopsin is the photoreceptor protein in retinal rod cells.
  • 33. ROLES OF PROTEINS IN BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES 7. Control of Growth and Differentiation:  Controlled sequential expression of genetic information is essential for the orderly growth and differentiation of cells.  Repressor proteins are important control elements that silence specific segments of the DNA of a cell.  Nerve growth factor, a protein complex serves to guide the formation of neutral networks in higher organisms.
  • 34. CONCLUSION  Proteins are nitrogenous organic compounds of high molecular weight which play a primary role in living organisms.  They are polymers of amino acids and are essential nutrients for tissue growth, repairs and replacement.
  • 35. STUDY QUESTIONS 1. Describe the chemical nature of amino acids. 2. Explain the formation of peptide bond. 3. State the biological role of protein in the living system.