RNA Structure and Function

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span arial="" style="font-family:"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">ASBMB Learning Objectives</span></b> </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span arial="" style="font-family:"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">(</span></span><a href="https://www.asbmb.org/education/core-concept-teaching-strategies/foundational-concepts/structure-function"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:#1155cc">https://www.asbmb.org/education/core-concept-teaching-strategies/foundational-concepts/structure-function</span></span></span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">) </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span arial="" style="font-family:"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">2. Structure is determined by several factors</span></span></span></span></span></p> <ul style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:16px"> <li style="margin-top:16px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span arial="" style="font-family:"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Students should be able to <b>recognize the repeating units in biological macromolecules </b>and be able to discuss the <b>structural impacts of the covalent and noncovalent interactions</b> involved <i>(Introductory).</i></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span arial="" style="font-family:"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Students should be able to discuss the <b>chemical and physical relationships between composition and structure of macromolecules</b> <i>(Introductory).</i></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-bottom:16px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span arial="" style="font-family:"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Students should be able to compare and contrast the <b>primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures</b> of proteins and nucleic acids <i>(Intermediate)</i>. </span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span arial="" style="font-family:"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">3. Structure and function are related</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span arial="" style="font-family:">Students should be able to use <b>mechanistic reasoning to explain how</b> an enzyme or <b>ribozyme catalyzes a particular reaction</b> <i>(Introductory).</i></span></span></span></p>