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    Amino Acid Starter Kit

    Manufacturer: Timstar
    Explore the primary, secondary and tertiary structure of proteins with the captivating models and tools in this dynamic kit. This engaging, hands-on protein folding kit makes teaching protein structure basics easy. Students will fold a protein while exploring how the chemical properties of amino acids determine its final structure. Students can use the Amino Acid Starter Kit© to: •Learn that the 20 amino acids all share a common backbone but have different side chains, each with different chemical properties. •Identify the chemical properties of the side chains through a dual colouring scheme guided by the kit’s chemical properties circle, amino acid side chain list and coloured plastic clips. •Group the side chains into one of 5 categories: hydrophobic (nonpolar), hydrophilic (polar), negatively charged, positively charged, and cysteines, which sometimes form disulphide bonds. The coloured clip at the base of each side chain indicates chemical properties while embedded coloured balls in the amino acid side chain model show atomic structure. •Employ the kit’s protein-folding activities to first explore the primary and tertiary structure of proteins by constructing a generic 15-amino acid protein, then learn about the secondary structure of proteins by folding a toober model of the first of 3 zinc fingers of the Zif268 protein. Each 1-group set includes 1 chemical properties circle, 1 amino acid side chain chart, 22 amino acids, 1 mini toober, 22 coloured plastic clips and 6 hydrogen bond connectors.
    SKU: SS013349
    Manufacturer part number: MO110150
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    Price: 470.35 AED
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    Amino Acid Starter Kit 1. Explore the primary, secondary and tertiary structure of proteins with the captivating models and tools in this dynamic kit. Students learn the chemical properties of the 20 amino acid side-chains with dynamic, accurate, side-chain models featuring embedded magnets in durable plastic. Side-chains feature dual colouring schemes a coloured band at the base of each side-chain indicates chemical properties, while embedded coloured balls in the model show atomic structure. Understanding protein structure begins with this unique combination of structure and chemical properties of the amino acid side-chains. Through the kit's engaging hands-on activities, students gain basic knowledge of protein folding. Then they discover the importance of secondary structure with an additional folding activity. Each kit includes: magnetic chemical properties circle, amino acid side-chains list, 22 amino acids, 4-foot Mini-Toober (a flexible foam modelling rod with soft wire core), 15 metal clips and hydrogen bond connectors, CD with teacher notes, student hand-outs and interactive Jmol visualisation (an open-source Java viewer for chemical structures in 3D). The group kit contains 3x each of the above.