Name_____________________________________________ Grade /20

Living Environment Redo Grade /20

Lab # _________
TITLE - Protein Synthesis
OBJECTIVE- Hopefully you rememer the life fun!tions" they are
those # things needed in order for something to e !onsidered
alive$ %ell one of those life fun!tions that &e are going to fo!us
on today is synthesis$ Synthesis is de'ned as the pro!ess in &hi!h living things are ale
to produ!e !omple( mole!ules from simpler sustan!es$ )ne type of synthesis that
o!!urs in all living things is protein synthesis* the ma+ing of proteins from amino a!ids$
,he reason you eat food is to get the nutrients you need$ )ne of these nutrients in
parti!ular is proteins$ -our ody ta+es the proteins* and &ill digest them .rea+ them
apart/ into amino a!ids$ -our !ells !an then ta+e the amino a!ids and !reate ne&
proteins that are needed in your ody$ ,he pro!ess of lin+ing amino a!ids together to
form a protein is !alled dehydration synthesis$ 0t gets the name dehydration e!ause
&ater is removed to lin+ together the amino a!ids$ 1elo& you &ill 'nd an image of this
rea!tion$
Noti!e ho& &e started &ith 2 amino a!ids* removed a mole!ule of &ater* and
!reated a dipeptide .protein !onsisting of 2 amino a!ids/$ 0f &e &ere to lin+ more amino
a!ids it &ould e !alled a polypeptide$ Proteins are long !hains of amino a!ids* or
polypeptides$
0n this a!tivity* you &ill !reate ra!elets that represent proteins2 Proteins provide
stru!ture 3 support for living organisms* and are found in many types of foods* su!h as
meat* eggs* mil+* ri!e* 3 eans$ )ur odies use 20 di4erent amino a!ids in order to
ma+e up all the di4erent proteins re5uired to +eep us healthy$ ,he amino a!ids !omine
in di4erent orders in ea!h protein &hi!h &ill !ause the shape and the 6o of the amino
a!id to !hange$
Materials7 1eads* String
Procedure
8$ 9hoose 20 eads and pla!e them on your string$
2$ )n!e your ra!elet is !omplete* determine the se5uen!e of amino a!ids y using
the !onversion !hart elo&$
Amino Acid Chart/ Bead Color
:aline
-ello&
;sparganine
<ar+ 1lue
;rginine
Light 1lue
,hreonine
Pin+
Leu!ine
9lear
Glutami! ;!id
Purple
;sparti! ;!id
)range
,yrosine
-ello&
0soleu!ine
Light 1lue
Glutamine
Pin+
Gly!ine
Red
,ryptophan
9lear
=ethionine
)range
Histidine
-ello&
;lanine
<ar+ 1lue
9ysteine
Light 1lue
Phenylalanine
Red
Lysine
9lear
Serine
Purple
Proline
)range
uestions
8$ %rite out the 8
st
80 amino a!ids you pla!ed on your ra!elet$
i$
ii$
iii$
iv$
v$
vi$
vii$
viii$
i($
($
2$ Draw the structures of the 'rst 2 amino a!ids on your ra!elet elo&$
>$ Identify the rea!tion that ta+es pla!e in order for these 2 amino a!ids to e!ome
a dipeptide$
?$ <ra& a diagram of this rea!tion elo&$ .use the 2 amino a!ids you dre& in
5uestion 2$/
@$ -our ra!elet represents a protein polymer$ %rite another name used to des!rie
your protein polymer$