Chemistry Unit 6 Discussion
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Discussion6.docxDiscussion: Unit 6
Proteins and Lipids
Instructions
Please complete the following steps for your discussion post and response.
· Discuss the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures of protein.
· Choose a food protein item.
· How does the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary levels of the protein change when the food is cooked?
· How does the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary levels of the protein change when the food enters our body?
· List two enzymes in our body that help breakdown protein. Explain how they work.
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.
· Please follow the outline of my post for discussions (include the question you are answering and then your answer - helps keep the posts organized). You don’t need to use my exact wording, just the provided outline:
Please complete the following steps for your discussion post and response.
· Discuss the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures of protein.
· The primary structure consists of….
· The secondary structure is made up of…..
· The tertiary structure is the functional structure…
· The quaternary structure of a protein……
· Choose a food protein item.
· I chose beef jerky.
· How does the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary levels of the protein change when the food is cooked?
· During the process of dehydrating the beef jerky, the primary structure remained unchanged the secondary and tertiary structures were denatured due to the heat and …….
· How does the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary levels of the protein change when the food enters our body?
· The primary structure will now change upon digestion by…….
· Additionally, the secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures……
· List two enzymes in our body that help breakdown protein. Explain how they work.
· The two enzymes that I chose are…….
