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Proteins are made of |
Amino acid group + carboxyl group by peptide bonds |
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Peptide bonds form via |
Dehydration or condensation |
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Primary structure deals with |
Order |
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Secondary structure deals with |
Hydrogen bonding |
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When R group repels each other |
It creates a spiral |
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What breaks down a peptide bond |
Hydrolysis |
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Tertiary and secondary are determined by |
Hydrogen bonding |
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Quaternary is |
Two o moreproteins and polypeptides |
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Puine pyrimidine |
Perfect fit for hydrogen bonding |
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Purine purine |
Too big |
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Pyrimidine pyrimidine |
Too small |
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Dna backbone runs |
Anti-parallel C 5'-3' C 3'-5' |
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Alosteric regulation |
Turns enzyme on and off and controls speed |
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Competitive inhibition |
Will block a receptor site, think of venom example |
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A-T has _ bonds |
2 hydrogen bonds |
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G-C has _ bonds |
3 hydrogen bonds |
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Replace T with U when converting |
DNA to RNA |
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AMP/ATP/GTP |
When three phosphate molecules are forced together with hydrogen bonds |
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Semiconservative replication |
DNA splits apart, keeps old DNA adds new half of DNA to old |
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Transcription |
DNA zips apart, RNA comes in, copies, and DNA zips back together |
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Subunits of proteins |
Amino acids |
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Subunits of nucleic acids |
Nucleotides |
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Subunits of carbohydrates |
Saccharides |
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Subunits of lipids |
Isoprenes |
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Bond of proteins |
Peptide bonds |
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Bond of nucleic acids |
Phosphodiester linkages |
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Bond of carbohydrates |
Glycosidic linkages (alpha and beta) |
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Bond of lipids |
Ester linkages |
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Cholesterol |
Makes cell walls les perméable and stiffer |
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Bilayer |
Polar ends and nonpolar center |
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Isotonic |
Water moves freely back and forth, concentration is equal |
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Hypertonic solution |
Water leaves cell (think of sea water) |
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Hypotonic solution |
Water enters cell |
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In hypotonic human and plant |
In humans the cell would explode but a plant cell had cell walls so instead it expands |
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De polarization |
Ions having the same number of ions inside the cell as outside the cell |
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Electrochemical gradient |
The desired movement of the ions in out of the cell |
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Amphopathic |
Polar on one end and nonpolar on the other end |
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Fluid mosaic |
The amphopathic particles in the bilayer are free to move around in the membrane |
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Ionic bond |
Form between a metal and a non-metal by transferring electrons |
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Covalent bond |
Form between two non-metals by sharing electrons |
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What is polarity in covalent bonds? |
Polarity refers to whether electrons ate shared equally (nonpolar) or unequally (polar) and is caused by electronegativity |
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How does polarity lead to hydrogen bond formation? |
The electrons are shared equally between the two hydrogen atoms but they are held much more tightly than other atom bonds due to electronegativity |
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Prevalence of water |
75% of a cell's volume is water |
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Waters polarity and why is a good solvent |
Hydrogen bonding makes it possible for almost any charged or pillar molecule to dissolve in water |
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Waters heat capacity |
Water has a high heat capacity because when energy hits it hydrogen bonds must first be broken before heat can be transferred |
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Définition of hydrophilic and examples |
Can dissolve in water Soap, salt, sodium hydroxide |
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Définition of hydrophobic and examples |
Does not dissolve in water Oil, fat, grease |
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What are the 3 major components of an amino acid |
Amino group, carboxyl group, R group |
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How many levels of folding are required for protein functioning and what bonds make each level possible |
4 Polypeptide |
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What and how does dénaturation occur by adding heart and acidity to proteins? |
The unfolding of proteins by breaking hydrogen bonds |
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What role do enzymes play in chemical reactions |
They bring the reactants together so they react and it decreases the amount of energy needed in the reaction |
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What are the two types of enzyme régulation |
Alosteric and phosphorylation |
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What are the 3 pieces of nucleotides |
Phosphate group 5-carbon sugar Nitrogenous base |
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What are the 4 bases in DNA |
Adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine |
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What are the 4 bases in RNA |
Adenine, guanine, cytosine, and uracil |
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What allows the base parties in nucleic acids to link up |
Hydrogen bonds |
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What are the structural differences between DNA and RNA and how do they allow RNA to be a better catalyst |
DNA has a double helix making it practically impossible to get to the inside information while RNA has a single Helix which makes for easy access to its information |
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What is the significance of the directionality of the sugar phosphate Backbone in nucleic acids |
They have to be antiparallel to form the double helix |
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What aspects of DNA cause it to form the characteristic double helix |
It is antiparallel they form purine pyrimidine pairs and their bases are complementary |
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What is a ribozyme |
An RNA strand that acts like an enzyme |
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How does the structure of ATP make it such a high energy molecule |
The three phosphates are opposing each other but the bonds keeping them together are stronger meaning they have a massive amount of energy once these bonds are broken that energy is released and the phosphate separate |
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List the three main functions of carbohydrates |
Immediate energy stored energy and digestive regulation |
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How does Pentoses differ from hexoses |
Pentose has a five-carbon hexose has a six carbon |
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Distinguish between alpha glucose and beta glucose |
In alpha glucose they are pointed in the same direction and beta glucose they are flipped |
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What is the structure function and location of starch |
Alpha glucose energy storage in plant cells |
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What is the structure function and location of glycogen |
Alpha glucose energy storage in human liver and muscles |
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What is the structure function and location of cellulose |
Beta glucose major component of plant cell walls |
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What is the structure function and location of chitin |
Beta glucose steffens the cell walls of fungi |
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What is the structure function and location of peptidoglycan |
Beta glucose forms bacterial cell walls |
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How do you starch and glycogen |
Starch has one or two helices and glycogen has many |
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What type of carbohydrates are we unable to digest and why |
Beta glucose because water is excluded and the fibers are insoluble |
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During photosynthesis atoms are rearranged to form sugars we say that result in carbon carbon and carbon to hydrogen bonds have a lot of free energy why |
The electrons are shared equally giving them a higher potential energy |
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What is the function of amylase |
Breaking down starch |
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What is the function of phosphorylase |
Breaking down glycogen |
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What is the structure of triglycerides and phospholipids |
In triglycerides are made up of glycerol and Three fatty acids phospholipids are made up of phosphate and Three fatty acids their bonds are Ester linkages |
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Are fats polar or nonpolar |
Nonpolar |
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Are phospholipids polar or non-polar in do they form a bilayer |
Polar and yes they form a bilayer |
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Are steroids nonpolar polar or amphipathic |
Amphipathic |
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Why do we say that fats store more energy than carbohydrates |
Because they have less oxygen and require more oxidation which produces more energy |
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What is the difference between saturated and unsaturated fatty acid |
If hydrocarbon chains have only single bonds they are saturated if they have one or more double bonds they are unsaturated |
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Explain the fluid mosaic model |
The hydrophilic ends are outside then there is the bilayer in some protein span the whole membrane |
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What three factors influence the permeability of the cell membrane |
Channels carriers and pumps |
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Distinguish between transmembrane and peripheral proteins what are their functions and what is the function of cholesterol and the glycoproteins in the cell membrane |
Transmembrane span the membrane in and out of the cell as well peripheral attached to them without going through the bilayer cholesterol reduces permeability |
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What is the difference between passive and active transport which one requires energy and why |
Passive is a long an electrochemical gradient and active goes against it it requires energy |
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Distinguish between diffusion and osmosis |
Diffusion the solute to even out and in osmosis the water tries to even out the concentration |
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Distinguish between the facilitator diffusion of ions in the facilitated diffusion of sugar |
Ions across membranes via ion channels and sugar crosses membranes via glucose transporters |
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Distinguish between the facilitated diffusion of ions in the active transport of ions |
In diffusion ions cross membranes via ion channels active transport these cells move the eye on against the electrochemical gradient |
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Distinguish between gated and carrier transmembrane proteins |
Jaded opens like a gate and carrier is ba A protein that changes shape during the transport |
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What happens to a cell when it is placed in isotonic hypotonic hypertonic Solutions is this due to movement of water or the solute |
Isotonic stays the same hypotonic explodes hypertonic decreases and it is all due to the movement of water |