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中科院生物化学课件
ChapterTwo
AminoAcidandProtein
UnitOne:
AminoAcid
Aminoacidsarethebuildingblocksofprotein.Twenty-two
aminoacidsareneededtobuildthevariousproteinsusedin
thegrowth,repair,andmaintenanceofbodytissues.
2.1.1.Basicstructureofα-aminoacids
Naturally,aminoacidsinproteinsareallalpha
aminoacids.
COO-
+
H3N
C
H
R
α-aminoacid
Centralα-carbonatom
The22standardaminoacidsdifferonlyinthestructure
ofthesidechainorRgroup.Thesidechainsofthe
aminoacidsdeterminetheirproperties.
2.1.2.Classification(分类)
(1)Hydrophobic(疏水的),aliphatic(脂肪族)amino
acids-thesidechainsarepoorlysolubleinwater(non-
polar)
O
H2N
CH
CH3
C
OH
H2N
CH
CH
CH3
C
CH3
OH
Alanine
(Ala,A)
丙氨酸
Valine
(Val,V)
缬氨酸
O
O
H2N
CH
CH2
CH
CH3
C
CH3
OH
H2NCHCOH
CHCH3
CH2
CH3
Leucine
(Leu,L)
亮氨酸
Isoleucine
(Ile,I)
异亮氨酸
Thenonpolaraminoacidsarecharacterisedby
havingonlycarbonandhydrogenintheirside
chains.
Theyaregenerallyunreactive,butthefactthatthey
arehydrophobicgivesthemanimportantroletoplay
indeterminingthe3-Dstructureofproteins,asthey
tendtoclusterontheinsideofthemolecule.
Alanine,Valine,LeucineandIsoleucinehave
saturatedhydrocarbonRgroups(i.e.theyonlyhave
hydrogenandcarbonlinkedbysinglecovalent
bonds).
O
H2N
CH
CH2
CH2
S
CH3
C
OH
Methioninemay
haveantioxidant
activity.Methionine
isanessential
aminoacid.
Methionine
(Met,M)
蛋氨酸
Itssidechain
includesasulfur
atombutremains
hydrophobicin
nature.
L-methioninemayprotect
againstthetoxiceffectsof
hepatotoxins,suchas
acetaminophen(对乙酰氨基酚,
又称扑热息痛).
脯氨酸
Prolineistheonly
cyclicaminoacid.
Prolinghasnofree
aminogroup,isan
iminoacid(亚氨基酸).
ThereisnoH-bonddonor
intheprolinepeptidebond.
Thepresenceof
prolineleadstoa
bendorkinkinthe
polypeptidechain.
(2)Hydrophobic(疏水性),aromatic(芳香族)
aminoacids
O
O
H2N
H2NCHCOH
CH2
HN
Phenylalanine
CH
CH2
C
OH
Trptophane
(Phe,F)
苯丙氨酸
(Trp,W)
色氨酸
PhenylalanineisAlaninewithanextraPhenyl
groupontheend.
Phenylalanineishighlyhydrophobicandisfoundburied
withinglobularproteins.
Phenylalanineisanessentialaminoacid.
TryptophanisalsostructurallyrelatedtoAlanine,
butwithatworing(bicyclic)indole(吲哚)groupadded
inplaceofthesinglearomaticringfoundin
Phenylalanine.
ThepresenceofthenitrogengroupmakesTryptophan
alittlelesshydrophobicthanPhenylalanine.
(3)Polar(极性),charged(带电荷)aminoacids
O
O
H2NCHCOH
H2NCHCOHH2NCH
CH2
CH2
CH2
CH2
CH2
CH2
HN
CH2
NH
O
COH
N+H
CH2
NH2+
NH3+
NH2
Lysine
Arginine
(Arg,R)
(Lys,K)
精氨酸
赖氨酸
Histidine
(His,H)
组氨酸
Threeaminoacidsarenotonlypolarbutcanalsocarrya
positivechargeandarethereforehighlyhydrophilic(亲水的).
LysineandArgininebothhavepKaaround10.0andare
thereforealwayspositivelychargedatneutralpH.
ThepKavalueofanorganiccompoundarisesfromtheionizationofeither
anacidorbase,ataspecificcenterinthestructure.
Thedissociation(apparent)constants(Ka)foracidandbaseare
commonlyexpressedas:
wherethecorrespondingequilibriaare:
ThepKaofanacid(orprotonatedbase)issimplyexpressedas:
pKa=-log(Ka)
pKaValuesofAminoAcids
Anaminoacidsuchasglycinecontainstwoionizablegroups:
an〈-carboxylgroupandaprotonated〈-aminogroup.
Asbaseisadded,thesetwogroupsaretitrated.
Titrationofthe〈-Carboxyland〈-AminoGroupsofanAminoAcid.
Histidine,anessentialaminoacid.
AtpH6.5,Histidinecanbe
unchargedorpositivelycharged
dependinguponitslocal
environment.
Theunprotonatedimidazoleis
nucleophilicandcanserveasa
generalbase,whiletheprotonated
formcanserveasageneralacid.
Theabilitytoswitchbetweenthese
twostatescangiveHistidinean
importantroleinthecatalytic
mechanismofenzymesand
explainswhyitisoftenfoundinthe
activesite.
O
O
H2N
H2NCHCOH
CH2
CO
-
O
CH
CH2
CH2
C
O-
C
O
OH
Glutamate
Aspartate
(Glu,E)
(Asp,D)
谷氨酸
天门冬氨酸
Aspartate(Asparticacid)andGlutamate(Glutamicacid)areonly
twoaminoacidswithnegativelycharged(i.e.acidic)sidechains.
IneachcasethepKaofthesidechaincarboxylgroupisabout
4.4,soatneutralpHtheequilibriumiswayoverinfavourofthe
ionisedform.
(4)Polar(极性),uncharged(不带电荷的)amino
acids
Theseaminoacidspossessoxygen,sulfurand/or
nitrogeninthesidechainandarethereforepolar,
butcannothavetheirRgroupionisedandthusdo
notcarryanoverallcharge.
Thepolarnatureofthesidechainmeansthat
theseaminoacidsreadilyinteractwithwater,i.e.
theyarehydrophilic.
O
O
O
H2NCHCOH
H2NCHCOH
H
CH2
Glycine
OH
(Gly,G)
甘氨酸
Serine
(Ser,S)
丝氨酸
H2N
CH
CH2
OH
Tyrosine
(Tyr,Y)
C
OH
酪氨酸
O
O
H2N
CH
CH2
SH
C
OH
H2NCHCOH
CHOH
CH3
Threonine
(Thr,T)
Cysteine
苏氨酸
半胱氨酸
SerineandThreonineinthecontextofproteinsmaybe
regulatedbyphosphorylation.
Theyarealsoveryimportantintheactivesitesofmany
enzymes.
Cysteine(Cys)isnot
verypolar,andisoften
classifiedasnonpolar.
WhenCysisexposed
toair,itoxidizesto
formCystine,whichis
twocysteinemolecules
joinedbyadisulfide
bond.
Disulfidebondis
importantinthe
formationand
maintenanceofthe
foldedstructurein
manyproteins.
Disulfidebond
Selenocysteine(硒半胱氨酸),the21staminoacid
Selenocysteinehasastructuresimilartocysteine,but
withanatomofseleniumtakingtheplaceoftheusual
sulfur.Proteinsthatincludeaselenocysteineresidueare
calledselenoproteins.
Selenocysteineincorporationintoselenoproteinsoccurs
co-translationaly.Itisencodedbyaspecificcodon,UGA,
whichintheclassicalcodesignalschaintermination.
O
O
H2N
H2NCHCOH
CH2
CO
NH2
Asparagine
CH
CH
2
CH
2
C
NH
2
C
O
OH
Glutamine
(Asn,N)
天门冬酰胺
(Gln,Q)
谷氨酰胺
Unliketheparentacids,AsparagineandGlutamine
cannotbeionisedandarethereforeuncharged.
Pyrrolysine(吡咯赖氨酸):
22ndAMINOACID
Science,296,1459and1462(2002).
Pyrrolysineisanaminoacidusedby
somemethanogenic(organismsthat
producemethane)archaeainenzymes
thatarepartoftheirmethane(甲烷)-
producingmetabolism.
ItiscodedforbyaUAGcodon,whichis
normallyastopcodonbutwhose
meaningmightpossiblybemodifiedby
thepresenceofaspecificdownstream
sequence,namedPYLIS,whichformsa
stem-loopinthemRNA,forcingthe
incorporationofpyrrolysineinsteadof
terminatingtranslation.
2.1.3.AminoAcidChirality(手性)
Almostallα-aminoacidsdisplayaparticulartypeof
stereoisomerismthatcomesfromthemoleculesbeingchiral.
A"chiral"moleculeisonethatisnotsuperimposablewithits
mirrorimage.Likeleftandrighthandsthathaveathumb,
fingersinthesameorder,butaremirrorimagesandnotthe
same.
Chiralityinan〈-aminoacidisduetothe〈-carbonatomin
themoleculebeingjoinedtofourdifferentatomsorgroups.
The〈-carboniscalledthechiralcentre.
Nearlyall〈-aminoacidsinnaturesharethesame
configuration,calledtheL-configuration.Itsmirrorimageis
calledtheD-configuration.
Theabsoluteconfigurationattheα-carbonatomoftheα-
aminoacidsisdesignatedbytheprefixedsmallcapitalletter
DorLtoindicateaformalrelationshiptoD-orL-serineand
thustoD-orL-glyceraldehyde(甘油醛).
Therelationshipbetweenserineandglyceraldehydemay
thereforeberepresentedas:
2.1.4.Acid-baseproperties(酸碱性质)
ofaminoacid
Theα-COOHandα-NH2groupsinaminoacidsare
capableofionizing(asaretheacidicandbasicR-groups
oftheaminoacids).
Inaqueoussolution,anH+ionisthereforetransferred
fromoneendofthemoleculetotheothertoforma
zwitterion(兼性离子).
Thezwitterionisthedominantspeciesinaqueoussolutions
atphysiologicalpH(pH7).
Thezwitterioncanundergoacid-basereactions,ifweadd
eitherastrongacidorastrongbasetothesolution.
Inthepresenceofastrongacid,the-CO2-endofthis
moleculepicksupanH+iontoformamoleculewithanet
positivecharge.
Theacidicstrength(酸强度)ofthecarboxyl,aminoand
ionizableR-groupsinaminoacidsisdefinedbythe
associationconstant(缔合常数),Kaormorecommonly
thenegativelogarithm(对数)ofKa,thepKa
Thesymbol"p"meanstakethenegativelogarithmof
whateverfollowsintheformula.forpH,p[anything].
ThepKavalueofanionizablegroupisthepHatwhich
thereareequalamountsofprotonatedandunprotonated
species.
AtapHbelowthepKavalue,agroupwillbemainly
protonated,whileatapHabovethepKa,agroupwillbe
mainlyunprotonated.
Thecarboxylgroupandthe