What is an organic compound found in most cells?
Amino acids.
Most cells have proteins, and the basic unit of a protein - that consists in a polymer - are the amino acids.
Specific amino acids act upon substrates--or target compounds--to transform them into new products.
EXAMPLE: AMINO ACIDS IN ENZYMES
Many enzymes can be found within cells. One enzyme is called trypsin, found in the pancreas.
For instance, the SHD catalytic triad is a known trio of amino acids within the enzyme trypsin (which also happens to be a protein) that consists of serine (Ser, S), histidine (His, H), and aspartate (Asp, D).
WHAT DOES EACH AMINO ACID DO HERE?
Serine is supposed to act as a nucleophile (electron donor) to attack a specific carbonyl carbon on the protein, but in order to do that, histidine has to come in as an activator and "activate" serine by convincing it to lose a proton by lowering its pKa (making it more acidic, and thus more willing to lose a proton).
Then, since histidine has a methylene bridge (
That, together, allows effective cleavage of specific peptide bonds. Shown immediately above is the first step to that process in this example.
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An organic compound found in most cells is carbohydrates.
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When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.
When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.
When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.
When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.
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