Not-so-much a review from Eric's review (sat)

Review Saturday 15th
So the study group was only about an hour long and it was just the TA kind of guiding our studying focus. He did not go over any problems or concepts, just what to focus on. Hope this helps!
• Know the 20 amino acids and be aware of their properties. (You do not need to memorize Table 3-1 but be aware of how it works) Have a general idea of how and where they loss their H’s.
• Understand the backbone and how the resident form makes the bond between C and N almost a double bond, which restricts flexibility.
• Be aware of measurements, like 5.4A a helix turn and 3 residues a turn.
• Know fundamental stuff, not really odd-ball stuff, like proteins that do not fit the rules.
• Know pH, pKa, pI, and all that comes with that
• Understand disulfide bonds.
• Know parallel and anitparallel and how they are different. (H bonds)
• Understand the helix and how the amino terminus is positive.
• Understand the two types of beta turns(figure 4-8) and the stable folding patterns (figure 4-20)
• Know hemoglobin.
• Understand the basics of carbohydrates: ones to focus on: Glyceraldehyde, ribose, glucose, mannose, galactose.
• Understand disaccharides and how the form.
• Be aware of the difference between starch, glycogen, and dextrans.
• Know structures nucleotides and nucleic acids.
• Know bases names, not structure.
• Be aware of the measurements in the helix.
• Be aware of names and experiments.


* I just wanted to add that this was all off the top of his head. He really had no idea what to tell us to study. He was just looking through the chapters and pulling stuff out. So, while this is a guide, I personally believe the test will be a little harder than he was thinking; so don’t base all your studying off of this if you want to be safe. Good luck!