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Explain what causes the Bohr shift to occur, and give one situation in which this is useful.

The Bohr Shift describes the movement of the oxygen dissociation curve to the right of normal. This occurs due to increased levels of carbon dioxide, such as when a person increases their exercise level, whi...
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Describe the similarities and differences between haemoglobin and collagen.

Similarities:Both have a quaternary structure (consisting of more than one polypeptide).Both are found in animals (haemoglobin is found in blood and collagen is found in the muscles, skin, bones and tendons)...
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Explain the transmission of a nerve impulse across a cholinergic synapse referring to action potentials. (6)

When an action potential reaches the terminal of a pre-synaptic cleft, voltage-gated calcium channels are stimulated to open, causing an influx of Ca+ ions in the pre-synaptic neuron. This infux of Ca+ ions ...
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Why does a base substitution in DNA not always result in the formation of non-functional proteins?

Protein structure is determined by amino acid sequence. Each amino acid is coded for by a triplet of RNA bases. These are transcribed from a DNA molecule. If a DNA base is substituted for another base, then ...
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An extract of DNA contains 4000 base pairs. The extract is identified to contain 300 guanine bases. How many adenine bases can be found in the DNA extract?.

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