[Catalist] Chemistry: Proteins

[Leon Harris]

On 24/08/2016 8:31 AM, Craig Lucanus wrote:

How long is a piece of string?

Craig.



Take the molecular mass of said string, then divide by 100 (the 
approximate average mm of the hypothetical amino acid). This will give 
you the length of the said string, in amino acid residues !

:)
Leon

Ho hum, must take the next chicken entrails reading pd that comes up.

I am not unsupportive of this protein section in Chemistry, and I think 
it is long overdue, considering the consumer industries in this state of 
chemical knowledge (ie the biomedical ones). I do hope that we get a 
conservative, straight down the line exam at the end of the year, 
because my feeling is that it will take a couple of years to assimilate 
this new stuff. It is very hard to prepare for any nuanced problems 
based on the current syllabus descriptions, and I live in fear that I 
haven't developed the application skills in my students. If anyone wants 
a copy of my powerpoint, and is prepared to give feedback in case I have 
missed anything, I am happy to share!

Cheers,
Leon
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