Table of contents

1. Introduction to Biochemistry4h 34m
2. Water3h 23m
3. Amino Acids8h 10m
4. Protein Structure10h 4m
5. Protein Techniques14h 5m
6. Enzymes and Enzyme Kinetics13h 38m
7. Enzyme Inhibition and Regulation 8h 42m
8. Protein Function 9h 41m
9. Carbohydrates7h 49m
10. Lipids5h 49m
11. Biological Membranes and Transport 6h 37m
12. Biosignaling9h 45m
Review 1: Nucleic Acids, Lipids, & Membranes2h 47m
Review 2: Biosignaling, Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis, & PP-Pathway3h 12m
Review 3: Pyruvate & Fatty Acid Oxidation, Citric Acid Cycle, & Glycogen Metabolism2h 26m
Review 4: Amino Acid Oxidation, Oxidative Phosphorylation, & Photophosphorylation1h 48m

1. Introduction to Biochemistry

Proteins

Biochemistry

1. Introduction to Biochemistry

Proteins

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Multiple Choice

Which type of organic molecules make up the enzyme trypsin and the proteins it hydrolyzes?

Fatty acids

Nucleotides

Amino acids

Monosaccharides

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Understand that enzymes, including trypsin, are specialized proteins that catalyze biochemical reactions. Proteins are composed of amino acids linked together in a specific sequence.

Recognize that trypsin is a protease enzyme, meaning it specifically hydrolyzes peptide bonds in proteins. Peptide bonds are the chemical links between amino acids in a protein chain.

Recall that the building blocks of proteins are amino acids. Both the enzyme trypsin and the proteins it hydrolyzes are made up of amino acids.

Eliminate the other options: Fatty acids are components of lipids, nucleotides are the building blocks of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), and monosaccharides are simple sugars that form carbohydrates. None of these are relevant to the structure of trypsin or the proteins it hydrolyzes.

Conclude that the correct answer is amino acids, as they are the organic molecules that make up both the enzyme trypsin and the proteins it acts upon.