Individual Journal Page

Imacarae Week 1

Shared Journal Assignment

• [Week 1 Journal]

Acknowledgments

• I worked with my homework partner, [Christina Dominguez], in class. We helped each other with the format of editing User and Template pages, as well as helped clarify shared ambiguities of the Week 1 assignment. There was no other contact outside of class or through phone.
• [DeLisa Madere] and I consulted with each other on formatting of pictures and links to pages.
• Except what is noted above, this individual journal entry was completed by me and not copied from another source.

Imacarae (talk) 18:31, 4 September 2019 (PDT)

References

• Instructions for Wiki layout and assignment provided by LMU BioDB 2019. (2019). Week 1. Retrieved August 29, 2017, from [https://xmlpipedb.cs.lmu.edu/biodb/fall2019/index.php/Week_1]

Imacarae Week 2

Biochemistry:

Purpose

• To understand how sequences of amino acids affect expression of colors in flowers.
• To use mechanics of genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, and evolution in studying this expression.

Methods and Results

1. Downloaded and opened [Aipotu].
2. Opened "Biochemistry" tab to view amino acid sequences of Green-1 and White and compare them.
   • Results to ST(a): For alleles green and white, there are two differences in amino acids. They are a change from Tyrosine to Valine and from Tryptophan to Cysteine in Green-1 to White respectively.
   • Results to ST(b,c,&d): What makes the protein pigmented are the change in Val in the 10th position to a different amino acid.What makes the protein a particular color is the change in differences in the 10th or 11th amino acid in the sequence. Colors combine by adding the amino acid that made them different from another color into the original sequence.
3. Started on the "Genetics" tab to cross organisms to produce "Purple" organism.
   • Crossed organism Green-2 to Red.
   • Selected organism 2-8 as "Purple" organism.
4. Inserted amino acid Tyr between amino acids Phe and Cys to create purple protein.
5. Inserted amino acid Phe between amino acids Tyr and Cyst to create additional protein.
   • Results to ST(f): The purple protein constructed is sequenced as MSNRHILLVYFCRQ.
6. Pure-color, homozygous proteins could be created by the use of amino acids Phe, Tyr, and Trp.
   • These amino acids contain aromatic rings which allows for pigment.

Data and Files

Created Purple Protiens

Characteristics of the Four Starting Organisms

Organism	Allele	Color	Amino Acid Sequence
Green-1	CgCg	Green	MSNRHILLVYWRQ
Green-2	CbCy	Green	MSNRHILLVYCRQ
Red	CrCr	Red	MSNRHILLVFCRQ
White	CwCw	White	MSNRHILLVVCRQ

Scientific Conclusion

• The main finding of this project was that not only can an organism's alleles be determined by "trial and error" breeding, but its protein that codes for color can be directly changed.
  • The addition/deletion of specific amino acids will allow for the creation of pure-color proteins.
• Yes, this fulfilled the purpose of the project. Because of this, I better understand how protein sequence, and biochemistry as a whole, is directly correlated with phenotypic expression.

Shared Journal Assignment

[Week 2 Journal]