Proteins
by Terrence Oas
1. Chemistry
1.1. Polymeric
1.2. Structure
1.2.1. Amino acid core structure
1.2.2. Side chain structures
1.2.3. Backbone/Secondary
1.2.4. Tertiary
1.3. Non-covalent interactions
1.4. Functional Groups
2. Classification
2.1. Soluble/Insoluble
2.2. Globular
2.3. Fibrous
2.4. Membrane
2.5. Oligomerization
3. Modifications
3.1. Types
3.1.1. Naturally occurring
3.1.2. Chemical
3.2. Naturally occurring
3.2.1. Disulfide
3.2.2. Acetylation of N-terminus
3.2.3. Proteolytic processing
3.2.4. Glycosylation
3.2.5. Phosphorylation
3.2.6. Lysine acetylation
3.2.7. Ubiqitination
3.3. Lipid Modifications
3.3.1. Glycosyl phosphatidylinositol (GPI)
3.3.2. Aliphatic acylation
3.3.3. Prenylation