H2N C H
R Gugus R (samping)
Gugun amino
Struktur umum asam amino
Protein dan peptida merupakan polimer dari
asam amino yang berikatan dengan ikatan
peptida atau ikatan amida (amide bonds)
Ikatan peptida antar asam amino pada peptida atau protein (gugus
karbosil berikatan dengan gugus amina pada asam amino berikutnya).
Pada salah satu ujung asam amino yg mempunyai gugus amina bebas
disebut ujung N-terminal dan yg mempunyai gugus karboksil bebas
disebut ujung C-terminal)
Ikatan peptida antar asam amino penyusun protein
Ujung N Ujung C
• in addition to hydrogen
bonds and the force to
minimize the exposure of
hydrophobic amino acid
sidechains, there are
other mechanisms that
assist folding
• a positively charged
sidechain may form an
ionic bond with a
negatively charge
sidechain (lysine ->
aspartate)
protein folding
• when the unfolding conditions are reverted, many proteins have enough
information stored in their sequence of amino acids to refold back to
exactly the same tertiary structure. Other proteins get stuck along the
way (curdled milk stays curdled after heat/cool treatment)