A-level Chemistry/OCR (Salters)/Engineering Proteins



Engineering Proteins is the eighth unit in the Salters Advanced Chemistry course.

Chemical Storylines sections

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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