Selected Tag: #protein
  • Describe the basic principles of intracellular signal transduction and discuss how these processes may alter gene expression, protein function and cellular fate.
  • Explain how enzymes can increase the rates of biochemical reactions at the molecular level, and how they may be inhibited or regulated by drugs and toxins.
  • Outline in some molecular detail the processes by which genetic information is replicated and expressed, leading to protein synthesis, targeting and turnover.
  • Describe and interrelate the hierarchical levels of protein structure (1˚ to 4˚) and provide examples of how this structure relates to the function (or dysfunction) of various classes of proteins.