Visual Overview of Protein Functions
This infographic uses a variety of images to illustrate many dynamic functions of proteins, including catalysis, transport, immune system defense, cellular signaling, and movement. To learn more about each function through specific examples, read through "The Role of Proteins in the Cell.”
Topics
- AP
- AP Biology
- AP Bio
- next generation science standards
- NGSS
- proteins
- functions
- enzyme
- catalysis
- chemical reactions
- cells
- lactase
- substrate
- lactose
- glucose
- galactose
- active site
- enzyme-substrate complex
- cell signaling
- communication
- insulin
- insulin receptors
- signal cascade
- bloodstream
- lipid bilayer
- cell membrane
- glucose transporter
- transport
- red blood cells
- polypeptide chain
- hemoglobin
- heme
- oxygen
- defensive
- disease
- antibodies
- viruses
- immune cells
- phagocytes
- viral genome
- viral antigen
- motor
- movement
- myosin
- actin
- contraction
- muscles
- myofibril
- troponin
- tropomyosin