Literature Presentations

Groups and Topics

Groups Members Topic Date
Byington    
R. Koch    
Moody Photosynthesis 4/26
Tiemann    
Anderson    
Dorn    
O'Dea Oxygen Binding 4/21
Whetstine    
Everett    
Hilton    
Linsenbardt Oxidases and Oxygenases 4/26
C. Koch    
Kelsey    
Lange    
Seckute Metal Ion Transport and Storage Proteins 4/19
Wind    
Hoehns    
Mattis    
Skosky Hydrogenases and Nitrogenases 4/21
Whiting    
Calkins    
Dishinger Non-Redox Enzymes 4/19
Jessen    

 

Presentation Details

Your talk should be an half-hour long.  Whether it is a group effort or one person does all the talking is up to your group to decide.  In either case, the preparation of the talk is to be a group effort.  Because of the limited technology in our room, you won't be able to use PowerPoint (unless you bring your own projector).

Your presentation should answer the following questions:

1) what does the enzyme/protein do?
 
2) where is it found?
 
3) what metals are present at the active site?
 
4) what are the active site structures? Pictures would be nice!
 
5) what are the active site's key physical properties (magnetic and/or spectroscopic)?
 
6) what is the mechanism by which the protein/enzyme carries out its function?
 
7) how does the active site structure correlate with function?

If you have time you can also discuss any synthetic models that have been made of the enzyme/protein.