A-level Chemistry/OCR (Salters)/Engineering Proteins
Engineering Proteins is the eighth unit in the Salters Advanced Chemistry course.
Chemical Storylines sections
[edit | edit source]- EP1 Christopher's story
- EP2 Protein building
- EP3 Genetic engineering
- EP4 Proteins in 3D
- EP5 Giving evolution a push
- EP6 Enzymes
- EP7 Summary
Chemical Ideas sections
[edit | edit source]- 3.3 Shapes of molecules (revision)
- 3.5 Geometric isomerism (revision)
- 3.6 Optical isomerism
- 5.3 Forces between molecules: temporary and permanent dipoles (revision)
- 5.4 Forces between molecules: hydrogen bonding (revision)
- 6.6 Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
- 7.1 Chemical equilibrium (revision)
- 7.2 Equilibria and concentrations
- 10.2 The effect of temperature on rate (revision)
- 10.3 The effect of concentration on rate
- 10.5 How do catalysts work? (revision)
- 13.3 Carboxylic acids and their derivatives (revision)
- 13.4 The –OH group in alcohols, phenols and acids (revision)
- 13.8 Amines and amides (revision)
- 13.9 Amino acids
Activities
[edit | edit source]- EP2.1 Investigating amines and amino acids
- EP2.2 What’s in aspartame?
- EP2.3 Using nuclear magnetic resonance (n.m.r.) spectroscopy for structure determination
- EP2.4 The shapes of a-amino acids
- EP2.5 A testing smell
- EP2.6 Taking note of proteins
- EP2.7 Modelling DNA
- EP2.8 Life reveals its twisted secret
- EP6.1 Testing for glucose
- EP6.2 Succinate dehydrogenase (Optional extension)
- EP6.3 The effect of enzyme and substrate concentration on the rate of a reaction
- EP6.4 Using the iodine clock method to find the order of a reaction
- EP6.5 Enzyme kinetics
- EP7 Check your notes on Engineering Proteins