As might be expected, acids and bases disrupt salt bridges held together by ionic charges. A type of double replacement reaction occurs where the positive and negative ions in the salt change partners with the positive and negative ions in the new acid or base added.
This reaction occurs in the digestive system, when the acidic gastric juices cause the curdling coagulating of milk. The example on the left is from the prion protein with the salt bridge of glutamic acid and lysine In this case a very small loop is made because there are only three other amino acids are between them. The salt bridge has the effect of straightening an alpha helix. The denaturation reaction on the salt bridge by the addition of an acid results in a further straightening effect on the protein chain as shown in the graphic on the left.
Heavy metal salts act to denature proteins in much the same manner as acids and bases. Since salts are ionic they disrupt salt bridges in proteins. The reaction of a heavy metal salt with a protein usually leads to an insoluble metal protein salt.
This reaction is used for its disinfectant properties in external applications. For example AgNO 3 is used to prevent gonorrhea infections in the eyes of new born infants.
Silver nitrate is also used in the treatment of nose and throat infections, as well as to cauterize wounds. Mercury salts administered as Mercurochrome or Merthiolate have similar properties in preventing infections in wounds. This same reaction is used in reverse in cases of acute heavy metal poisoning. In such a situation, a person may have swallowed a significant quantity of a heavy metal salt.
As an antidote, a protein such as milk or egg whites may be administered to precipitate the poisonous salt. Then an emetic is given to induce vomiting so that the precipitated metal protein is discharged from the body. Quiz: Name other amino acids that may engage in salt bridges. Other answers are possible. Answer Only two acids available asp and glu Amines?
Answer Three amines are available lys, arg, and his. Heavy metals may also disrupt disulfide bonds because of their high affinity and attraction for sulfur and will also lead to the denaturation of proteins. Disulfide bonds are formed by oxidation of the sulfhydryl groups on cysteine. Different protein chains or loops within a single chain are held together by the strong covalent disulfide bonds. Both of these examples are exhibited by the insulin in the graphic on the left.
If oxidizing agents cause the formation of a disulfide bond, then reducing agents, of course, act on any disulfide bonds to split it apart. Reducing agents add hydrogen atoms to make the thiol group, -SH. Proteins help move other molecules, respond to signals, make reactions happen more quickly, and replicate DNA, among other things.
However, if proteins lose their specific folded shape, they are not able to work properly. Proteins are long molecules that are twisted into a 3-Dimensional shape. That shape, based on the way they fold, is important to their function. If they lose that shape, they stop working properly. Click to enlarge. Proteins require specific conditions to keep their shape. For example, most proteins in our bodies rely on us to keep a warm but not hot body temperature, stay hydrated, and take in enough of specific nutrients like salt.
We denature proteins all the time when we cook food think: eggs. In this activity, we will use common household products or processes to denature egg proteins in two main ways—by cooking them, and by exposing them to concentrated alcohol ethanol.
Do you think egg will look the same or different depending on how the proteins it holds are denatured? Watch biologist Melissa Wilson Sayres as she shows you step-by-step how to break the proteins in egg whites. Why does denatured egg white turn from clear to white? If more than one treatment denatured egg whites, do you think the treatments denatured the egg whites in the same way? Think about the effects of the two different water treatments. Do you think the water itself was denaturing proteins?
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