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34 Cards in this Set
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What is incorrect in reference to carbohydrates? |
They are replete with nitrogen atoms |
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Proteins are composed of how many commonly occurring amino acids? |
21 |
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Amino acids frequently become joined by? |
Peptide bonds |
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What is not a type of carbohydrate? |
Megasaccharides |
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What is not an example of a protein? |
Urine |
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A structural lipid found in a cell membrane is a? |
Phospholipid |
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Which of the following is the correct example of DNA base pairing? |
Adenine-thiamine |
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A DNA molecule contains? |
Sugar, nitrogenous base, phosphate |
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DNA differs from RNA because? |
RNA contains ribose instead of deoxyribose |
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High-density lipoproteins (HDL) is also called? |
The good cholesterol |
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What are functional proteins that bring molecules together or split them apart in chemical reactions? |
Enzymes |
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What are called "tissue hormones"? |
Prostaglandins |
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All proteins have four elements what are they? |
Carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen |
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The building blocks of all proteins are called? |
Amino acids |
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The most common type of coil in a polypeptide secondary structure is called? |
Alpha helix |
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The final, functioning shape for a protein is often called its? |
Native state |
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The nucleic acid molecule that can act as either an information molecule or as a regulatory molecule is what? |
RNA |
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Ribose is a what? |
Carbohydrate |
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Steroids are? |
Lipids |
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Amino acids are? |
Proteins |
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Glycerol is what? |
Lipid |
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Monosaccharides are? |
Carbohydrates |
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Phospholipids are? |
Lipids |
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Enzymes are? |
Proteins |
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Produced from amino acids readily available to the body cells are called? |
Non-essential amino acids |
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Binds the carboxyl group of one amino acid to the amino group of another amino acid |
Peptide bond |
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The formation of glycogen from simple sugar building blocks is an example of? |
Dehydration synthesis |
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A pattern of alpha helices and or beta sheets within the secondary structure of a protein? |
Motif |
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Several complicated "knots" in a tertiary protein structure |
Domains |
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An example of a functional protein |
Antibodies |
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Shape of a protein |
Denatures |
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When these bonds are broken during catabolic reactions the energy released is used to form new compounds |
High energy bonds |
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Steroid found in the plasma membrane surrounding every body cell |
Cholesterol |
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What is an abnormally high concentration of triglycerides in the blood called? |
Hypertriglyceridemia |