Transcript Formation of Jello - University at Buffalo

Formation of Jello
Some Interesting Questions
• What’s Jello made from??
• Why does Jello wiggle??
• Why does my hand burn if I hold pineapple
to long??
• Why don’t canned pineapple affect the
Jello?
Protease??
• Any enzyme that breaks the amino acid
bonds in proteins
• Pineapple-bromelain; Kiwi- actinidin
• Protease Inhibitors used to treat HIV
– HIV protease is prevented from breaking down
viral proteins that spread to other cells
DNA Extraction
• Composed of two polymer strands wrapped
around each other
• Monomer contains:
– Phosphate
– A simple sugar
– One of four nitrogen base pairs
• Strands are held together by hydrogen
bonds between strands