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Why are amino acids called “amino acids?”

The disease called sickle-cell anemia is caused by a change in a single amino acid residue in the hemoglobin protein, resulting in a distortion of the protein’s shape at which levels?

What is the major component of the plant cell wall?

A biologist isolates a large, unidentified molecule from some cells in his lab.  What type of reaction could he initiate to determine whether the molecule is a polymer and, thus, a macromolecule?

Why does heating up a protein such as an enzyme cause it to lose function?

Which of the following is true of the influenza strain that struck the world in 1919?

Answer this question in Spanish in 3 complete sentences.   ¿Hiciste ejercicio esta semana?  Explica.

Identify the infinitive from module 3 that is linked to the following description. Write all lower case, with no punctuation.  el gimnasio, los músculos grandes, el ejercicio, las pesas

Consider the purchase of a rental property for $400,000. You can borrow at 80% LTV and finance the property with a $320,000 mortgage at 7% (30-year amortization) with an annual debt service of $25,548. Expected NOI for the first 5 years is $36,000, $37,080, $38,192, $39,338, and $40,518 respectively. Assume that you can sell the property at the end of year 5 to net $417,339 with a remaining mortgage balance of $301,221. What is the leveraged IRR on this investment?

A commercial property has expected first year NOI of $48,000. If the required debt coverage ratio is 1.25 for a mortgage at 6% with 30-year amortization, what is the maximum loan amount?