The enzyme Bromelin is a cysteine protease from pineapple that utilizes a similar mechanism to serine proteases except the serine is replaced by a cysteine. Draw the mechanism of peptide hydrolysis by Bromelin. Start with the residues involved in catalysis and the substrate, and draw and label the structures for […]

Question 1: When conducting laboratory studies on animal learning, what sorts of precautions should you take to ensure that your interpretations of the role of learning in your animal system are accurate? If you were not studying learning, why should you remain cognizant of the learning abilities of your study […]

1. If C-1 of glucose is radioactively labeled and then enters glycolysis, which carbon of G-3-P will be labeled? What fraction of the molecules will carry the radioactive label? 2. 14-CO2 was bubbled through a suspension of liver cells that was undergoing gluconeogenesis from lactate to glucose. Which carbons in […]

The United Nations realizes that at some future date, some government will be prepared to pay for human cloning in order to develop professional athletics who have been scientifically bred and engineered to win olympic competitions. It is also probable that the owners of major league football and professional baseball […]