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29 Cards in this Set
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What is the Spiral shape of DNA
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Alpha Helix
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What monomer contains both carboxyl and amino groups?
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Amino Acid
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What group is 1 nitrogen and 2 hydrogen atoms?
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Amino Group
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What class of molecules are sugars? mono-, di-, poly-saccaride
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Carbohydrates
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What is the structural backbone or skeleton in a cell
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Carbon Skeleton
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Carbonyl Group?
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C=O
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Carboxyl Group?
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C=O & to Hydroxyl group, H-O
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What is cellulose?
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A polysaccaride made of glocose monomers for plane cell walls
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Dehydration Reaction?
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Condensation, A covelant bond that yields water
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Disaccaride?
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2 monosaccarides or also known as table sugar
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What is a double Helix?
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the form of DNA
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What is fat?
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A large lipid, a storage for energy
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What is a macromolecule?
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A group of smaller molecules; protein, carbohydrate, lipids(fats), nucleic acid
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Meythyl Group?
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Organic molecule 1 C and 3 H
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Monomer?
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basic building block of polymers
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Monosaccaride
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Simple sugars like fructose and glucose
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Nucleic Acid
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A polymer of nucleotide monomers(DNA & RNA), basis for protein structures
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Nucleotide
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Monomer of 5 C covelantly bonded to nitrogenous base and a phosphate group
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What is and Organic Compound?
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Any substance that is carbon based
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Phosphate Group
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Phosphrous covelantly bonded 4 O
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Phosolipid
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Bilayers of membranes formed of a hydrophylic head and hydrophobic tail
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Polymer
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Multiple monomers linked covelantly in a chain
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Polypeptide/Protein
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Chain of amino acids liked by peptide bonds
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Polysaccaride
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Carbohydrate polymer of monosaccarides linked by dehydration synthesis
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Primary structure
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First level of protein structure, Amino acids that make polypeptide chain
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Protein
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Molecule of one or more peptides folded in 3-D structure
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Quartenary Structure
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Protein structure of 2 or more polypeptides
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Saturated
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Pertaining to fats and fatty acids whose Hydrocarbon chains have max # of H and have no dbl Covelant bonds. Can solidify at room temperature
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Secondary Structure
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Patterns of coils or folds of polypeptide chain
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