Category Archives: Student posts

I chose to examine Acetylcholinesterase and Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP, and my, my, how varied are their purposes… from regulating brain function to making animals glow in new and exciting colors. I like the set up of the site very … Continue reading →

Every rendering is a depiction, but not every depiction is a rendering

I read about fatty acid synthase, which makes  fatty acids for the body, and the tobacco mosaic virus, which causes the death of the tobacco plant and is cylindrical.

For my molecule of the month research I looked at the catabolite activator protein and DNA ligase. I chose the catabolite activator protein because I thought it was really pretty. I liked the symmetry that it had and the variation … Continue reading →

I looked at carbonic anhydrases (soluble) and multidrug resistance transporters (membrane) – very cool! We studied alot about carbonic anhydrases in bb45X series mainly because of how fast/efficient its enzymatic activity is at making carbonic acid. MDR transporters are found … Continue reading →

The two proteins I looked at were insulin which basically tells organs to take glucose out of blood and store it after having a meal when sugar levels are higher in the body and Alcohol Dehydrogenase which converts a potentially … Continue reading →

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I took a look at fibrin, which is necessary for blood clotting. I also looked at ATP synthase. I was excited to see it looked like the simplified version in my biology book! Very neat.

As stated in the syllabus, the main question of our course is What does a protein look like?  And guess what?  That question has received an answer!  What do you think? One technical note for the weekend:  I’m still working out some of the bugs … Continue reading →

I read about T-cell Receptors and Prions. We encountered both in BI 212, so I figured I’d check them out again. Pretty cool!

Our Wednesday action items were: -Everyone should come up with a good nickname. –Email me your official university email address.  I’ll sign you up for the blog.  You’ll receive an email invitation to join blogs.oregonstate.edu/psquared.  After you sign your life … Continue reading →