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Proteins are composed of smaller molecules called...
amino acids
Triglycerides, Diglycerides, and Monoglycerides are composed of fatty acids covalently bonded to...
glycerol
Two phospholipids found within cell membranes
phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine
Estrogen, Testosterone, and Progesterone are synthesized from the neutral lipid...
Cholesterol
A polysaccharide
Amylopectin, cellulose
List a dissacharide
Lactose, sucrose, maltose
A monosaccharide
Fructose
Which group of biological molecules contains peptide bonds?
Proteins
Which group of molecules can be a Zwitter ion?
Amino Acids
A carbohydrate that has Beta 1-4 linkage
Glycogen
List a purine
Guanine
A pyrimidine
Cytosine
In cells, 1,2 diacylglycerol is ultimately converted into...
Phospholipid
In cells, 1,3 diacylglycerol is ultimately converted into...
Tryglyceride
Characteristics of Prokaryotes
70S Ribosomes (30S and 50S subunit)
small cell size
no membrane bound organelles
circular DNA shape
Characteristics of Eukaryotes
80S Ribosome (40S and 60S subunit)
large cell size
membrane bound organelles
linear DNA shape
Which hormone regulates the kidneys?
Aldosterone
Examples of Archaebacteria
Extreme halophiles
Methanogens
Thermophiles
Side effects for women who take birth control pills
Acne
Breast tenderness and enlargement
Breakthrough bleeding and spotting between periods
Nausea and vomiting
Changes in your eyes
Bloating
Headaches
Changes in sex drive (typically a decrease)
Membranes are more fluid when...
Low cholesterol levels
Low packing order
Short fatty acid chain
Triangular shaped phospholipids
Unsaturated
Membranes are less fluid when...
High cholesterol level
High packing order
Long fatty acid chain
Cylindrical shaped phospholipid
Saturated
In 1928, Frederick Griffith's experiments with Diplococcocus pneumonia (now called Streptococcus pneumonia) suggested that...
Heat-killed S bacteria could somehow transform live R bacteria
What were the observations made by Erwin Chargaff?
[A]/[T]=1.0 and [G]/[C]=1.0
[C&T]=[A&G]
[A]=[T]
[G]=[C]
DNA isolated from cow liver cells contains 28% Adenine; what percent will be Cytosine?
22%
DNA isolated from Aspergillis has an adenine content of 25%. Based on this information, what is the % G & C will have within Aspergillis DNA?
50%
What is an INCORRECT statement about the Watson-Crick model of Beta-DNA?
It has a left-handed helix
The uptake material by membrane proteins (pumps/translocases) is...
Facilitated diffusion
Which molecules would NOT readily cross an intact membrane by simple diffusion?
Water
Inactivation of a fluorescent dye in a very concentrated spot on a cell so the fluidity of a membrane is visualized is called...
Photo-bleaching
The uptake of material through membrane pores is...
Simple (nonfacilitated) diffusion
In order to break open very small cells, such as bacteria or spermatozoa, it would be best to use....
Nitrogen cavitation
After cells are broken open, nuclei and unbroken cells an be removed from other organelles by centrifuging the cells at...
500 to 1000 x g
After cells are broken open, the mitochondria will lie in a pellet created by centrifugation with what minimum centrifugation force?
15,000 to 20,000 x g
The compound light microscope that you use has a 10x ocular (eyepiece) and a 40x objective lens with a numerical aperture of 0.50. What is the resolution when you use a green light with a wavelenth of 500nm?
610nm
The magnification of the microscope described on the previous card in would be
400x
In Light Microscopy, resolution numerically decrease when...
longer wavelengths of light are used and when a lens with a small numerical aperture is used
In Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), resolution values,
decrease as electrons are accelerated to faster velocities
Lauric acid, stearic acid, and oleic acid are what kind of structures?
Fatty acids
Which structure of lauric acid, stearic acid, or oleic acid would most likely be liquid at room temperature?
Oleic acid
The COOH group to the left of certain structures is a....
Carboxyl group
2.5 mL is equal to...
2,500 uL and 0.0025 L
During differential centrifugation, mitochondria will lie in a pellet along with which eukaryotic organelles?
Peroxisomes, chloroplasts, and lysosomes
The microsomal pellet can be removed from other organelles by centrifuging the cells at a minimum force of...
80,000 to 100,000 x g
The 20 different amino acids found in polypeptides exhibit different chemical and physical properties because of different...
side chains (X and R groups)
Which lipid was originally found in the tissue of alcoholics at autopsy?
Fatty acid ethyl esters
Which enzyme down regulates the immune system?
Cortisol
T/F: It is perfectly safe for pregnant women to take cholesterol-lowering medication such as statin drugs.
False
T/F: Sonic hedgehog is a protein involved in the determination of left-right and anterior-posterior structures in vertebrate embryos.
True
T/F: Membranes do not spontaneously self-assemble from phospholipids.
False
T/F: Gram-positive bacteria stain blue to purple in the presence of Wright's stain wile gram-negative bacteria remain red to brown in color.
True
T/F: Norethindrome, menstranol, and chlormadinone are agonists of estrogen and progesterone.
True
Lactose is made up of which two molecules?
Glucose and Galactose
In humans, Fragile X syndrome is coded by a dominant gene/allele that lies on the X chromosome. What are the odds of having a child with Fragile X-syndrome when a mother is heterozygous and carries the Fragile X-syndrome gene has a child with a male who does not carry the Fragile X dominant allele?
50/50 chance
In humans, an individual who has 45 chromosomes and is XO is what sex?
Female
In Drosophila melanogaster, an individual who has 7 chromosome and XO is what sex?
Male
During which stage of mitosis is DNA replication observed?
Interphase
If the "dance of the chromosomes" during mitosis is correct in humans, how many chromosomes will reside in each of the daughter cells?
46
If the "dance of the chromosomes" during meiosis is correct in humans, how many chromosomes will reside in each of the human gametes?
23
"Tetrads" are observed during which type of cell division?
Meiosis
List the stages of mitosis from earliest to latest
Interphase
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase/Cytokinesis
Which stage of meiosis provides the greatest amount of genetic variation?
Metaphase I
What is the theory, in Drosophila, in which the ratio of X chromosomes to autosomes controls the determination of sex?
Genic Balance
Prior to Mendel, geneticists thought that...
off-spring were always a blending of traits from both parents
In Mendel's experiments, the pure genetic strains were....
either homozygous dominant, or homozygous recessive AND were created by brother-sister crosses (consanguineous crosses)
The underlying assumptions of Mendelian Inheritance
Dominant and recessive traits exist, meiosis exists, and a random recombination of genes during fertilization
In peas, full pod shape (F) is dominant to constricted pod shape (f) and yellow pod color (Y) is dominant to green pod color (y). What is the genotype of a plant with yellow, constricted pods?
ffYy
In peas, full pod shape (F) is dominant to constricted pod shape (f) and yellow pod color (Y) is dominant to green pod color (y). What is the phenotypic ratio of the next generation produced by crossing FfYy x FfYy?
9/16 full, yellow pods
3/16 full, green pods
3/16 constricted, yellow pods
1/16 constricted, green pods
Which disorder is caused by aneuploidy?
Down's Syndrome, Klinefelter's syndrome, and Turner's syndrome
The Principle of Segregation, which is Mendel's first law...
was designed for monohybrid crosses AND was designed for a pair of genes that have a dominant allele and a recessive allele
The Chromosomal Theory of Inheritance
States that traits are coded by genes which lie on chromosomes
In humans, what are the different types of genotypes for females?
47, XXX
46, XX
45, XO
What is NOT a characteristic of a prokaryotic genome?
The presence of introns
In E. coli, a promoter has what?
A TATA box at -10 base pairs
During transcription in E. coli...
RNA Polymerase recognizes and attaches to a TATA box-containing promoter by using sigma
In E. coli transcription,ρ...
prevents RNA polymerase from binding to palindromes
When E. coli are grown in lactose-depleted media...
gene I codes for a repressor protein that binds to the Lac-operon operator
When E. coli are grown in lactose-containing media...
the cells transcribe the genes for Beta-galctosidase, Beta-galactoside permease, and Beta-transacetylase AND a cAMP-CAP complex binds to the promotor and locks RNA polymerase to the transcriptional start site
In the chick oviduct...
estrogen-receptor dimers bind to SRE-containing enhancers within the ovalbumen gene AND transcription factors are locked into place within the promotor
Who proposed the Central Dogma Theory?
Crick
What are non-coding sequences that are removed from eukaryotic m-RNA before the transcript leaves the nucleus?
Introns
During gametogenesis, what are the species-specific repetitive DNA added to the 3 prime end of eukaryotic chromosomes and are hypothesized as aiding in the replication of ends of the chromosomes and may serve as a biological "clock"?
Telomeres
Three post-transcriptional modifications observed before eukaryotic m-RNAs leave the nucleus
Poly A tail on 3 prime end
m7G on 5 prime end
Removal of introns
Who conducted the experiment in E. coli that demonstrated that DNA replication is semi-conservative rather than conservative or dispersal in nature?
Meselson-Stahl
5 Types of Biomolecules
Proteins
Carbohydrates
Nucleic Acids
Lipids
Vitamins
5 Steps of Protein Synthesis
Activation
Initiation
Elongation
Termination
Folding/Processing
A polymer of amino acids (i.e. biomolecule)
Proteins
cotranslational or post-translational modification occurs in this step of protein synthesis
Folding and Processing
step of protein synthesis in which 30s ribosomal subunit binds to mRNA
Initiation
Protein Syntheis step in which amino-acyl tRNA binds the 'A' site
Elongation
step in which tRNA f-met binds to the 'P' site
Initiation
Present as a 'prosthetic group' in some proteins (i.e. biomolecule)
Vitamin
The 'Shine-Dalgarno' sequence is involved in this step of protein synthesis
Initiation
RF's bind to stop codons on mRNA at 'A' site
Termination
Peptide bond formed during this step of protein synthesis
Elongation
Formation of alpha-helix or beta-sheet occurs in this step of protein synthesis
Folding and Processing
Protein synthesis step in which tRNAs are charged with their respective amino acids
Activation
Step of protein synthesis that involves the hydrolysis of GTP which causes the binding of 50s ribosomal subunit to 30S subunit
Initiation
Peptidyl transferase and translocase activities are involved in this step of protein synthesis
Elongation
Step of Protein Synthesis where the polypeptide is released from the ribosome
Termination
A polymer of nucleotides (i.e. biomolecules)
Nucleic Acids
In what direction does the ribosome read the mRNA?
5'-3'
If 'I' were in the "wobble" position of a tRNA anticodon, it would most likely be able to base pair with....
U, C, or A
What peculiar characteristic would a polypeptide exhibit based on a repeating pattern on its amino acid sequence?
Kink in the chain
Constitution of Molecular Biology
copies of DNA made by replication, DNA by transcription leads to RNA, RNA by translation leads to Proteins, and Proteins back to DNA by Reverse Transcription
Enzyme that catalyzes Replication
DNA Polymerase
Enzyme that catalyzes Transcription
RNA Polymerase
Enzyme that catalyzes Translation
Ribosomes
Enzyme that catalyzes Reverse Transcription
Reverse Transcriptase
Which process is inhibited by streptomycin?
Translation
Which process is an amendment to the 'Constitution of Molecular Biology'?
Reverse Transcription
Binding of 30S ribosomal subunit to mRNA
Initiation
During protein synthesis, peptide chain grows at this site
P-site
Protein synthesis step that involves codons, UAA, UAG, and UGA
Termination
Step of protein synthesis in which 3' end of tRNA is coupled to an amino acid
Activation
This site accepts incoming amino-acyl tRNAs
A-site
Supra-macromolecular complex of RNA and protein
Ribosome
Formation of an alpha helix or beta sheet
Folding
RF's bind to stop codons at the A-site in this step of protein synthesis
Termination
tRNA f-met binds at this site
P-site
Step of protein synthesis and site where 'spent' tRNA is ejected from the ribosome
E-site/Elongation
What type of secondary structure would be the direct result of 'protein folding'?
Alpha helix
What type of 'handedness' would be represented by the 2nd degree structure?
Right-handed
The 'peptidyl transferase' reaction of the ribosome is due to the catalytic activity of the...
Ribosomal RNA
GFP is an example of a....
Beta can/Beta barrel
Human mitochondria are capable of their own protein synthesis because they posses what kind of ribosome?
55S
Which process is a direct result of the fact that prokaryotes don't have a nucleus?
Couple transcription/translation
The statement, "ALL genes code for a protein product", is incorrect. What is an example of a 'non-protein' gene product?
tRNA
What is the part of the 'gene' that encodes the amino-terminus to the carboxy-terminus of a protein?
Cistron
tRNA f-met binds at this site?
P-site
Proteolytic cleavage occurs in which step of protein synthesis
Folding and Processing
Protein Synthesis step that reads the successive codons and AA addition
Elongation
Examples of post-translational processing
Deamination
Glycolsylation
Formation of disulfide bridges
Addition of prosthetic groups
Which molecule contains 3 carbon atoms?
Pyruvate
Which enzyme would use NAD+ as a 'cofactor'?
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase
What does a 'chemoheteroorganotroph' use? (i.e. Big Three nutrients)
Organic carbon source
Organic compounds as an electron donor
Chemical for energy
What are characteristics of an 'Anabolic' pathway?
Energy requiring
Biosynthetic
Reductive
'Total Aerobic Glycolysis' is responsible for producing how many ATPs?
8
What is the mechanism by which ATP is made in 'anaerobic glycolysis'?
SLP
In terms of single base-pair, point mutations, what type would account for the changing of the codon 'GAA' to 'GUA' (i.e. the mutation responsible for sickle cell anemia)?
Missense
What is a reversible enzyme that is involved in taking high energy phosphate from one molecule and adding it to another?
Kinase
Gluconeogenesis is the conversion of pyruvate or lactate to glucose. What is a true statement about this metabolic pathway?
It consumes ATP
What are two general features of all fermentation reactions?
There is not net oxidation and they reduce pyruvate
in the context of 'Biochemical Merry Men', why are NAD and FAD considered the 'Merry Men'?
Because they transfer the hydrogens
List the ten enzymes of glycolysis
Hexokinase
Phosphoglucoisomerase
Phosphofructokinase
Aldolase
Triose phosphate isomerase
Glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate Dehydrogenase
Phosphoglyceromutase
Phosphoglycerokinase
Enolase
Pyruvate kinase
ATP regulates this enzyme via 'allosteric' regulation
Phosphofructokinase
This enzyme is the 'rate-controlling' step of glycolysis
Phosphofructokinase
This enzyme splits a 6-C molecule into two 3-C molecules
Aldolase
This enzyme catalyzes the only 'oxidation step' in glycolysis
Glyceraldehyde 3 Phosphate Dehydrogenase
This enzyme converts a pyranose (6-membered ring) into a furanose (5-membered ring)
Phosphoglucoisomerase
This enzyme adds a phosphate as well as removes electrons from its substrate
Glyceraldehyde 3 Phosphate Dehydrogenase
This enzyme creates the first high energy phosphate metabolite in glycolysis
Hexokinase
This enzyme displays the most negative delta G degree prime value, thus guaranteeing the unidirectionality of glycolysis, and is essentially irreversible
Pyruvate Kinase
This enzyme performs a substrate level phosphorylation, thus generating ATP (two options)
Phosphoglyceromutase
Pyruvate Kinase
What is delta G degree prime?
Gibbs free energy is a thermodynamic property that was defined in 1876 by Josiah Willard Gibbs to predict whether a process will occur spontaneously at constant temperature and pressure. Gibbs free energy G is defined as G = H - TS where H, T and S are the enthalpy, temperature, and entropy.
What enzyme exhibits two separate Km's for ATP?
Phosphofructokinase (PFK)
What species of rRNA is found in 30S prokaryotic ribosomal subunit?
16S
Definition of SRP
Signal recognition protein. Hooks up with the translocon and makes sure that the ribosome gets the protein into the ER. SRP is present in everything that has an ER membrane.
define SRP Receptor
SRP then binds to this leader sequence and attaches to a receptor that is part of the translocon in the ER membrane. Once the SRP binds to the leader sequence protein synthesis stops. The SRP binds to the receptor and then energy come in and removes the leader sequence from the SRP and the leader sequence moves into the translocon.
Define Signal (leader) Sequence
Ribosome attaches to the mRNA and begins to translate the mRNA. The first twenty amino acids are translated and this makes up the leader sequence.
Define a Leader Peptidase
an elongation factor that is thought to back-translocate on the ribosome during the translation of RNA to proteins in all prokaryotes and eukaryotes that have maintained functioning mitochondria; Once the ribosome has completed the amino acid and the protein is in the ER membrane the signal peptidase cleaves off the leader sequence.
define a Translocon
associated structures in the ribosomal membrane site where the ribosome binds to the ER membrane and shoots the DNA into the ER through the hold that is formed in the membrane by the translocon; The translocon is made up of pore proteins, SRP receptor protein and signal peptidase.
What is the Pasteur Effect?
In the presence of air (O2) a facilitative anaerobe will grow faster, consume less glucose, produce more energy and exhale less CO2 when compared to anaerobic conditions.
Why is the Pasteur Effect considered a paradox?
This statement is a paradox because the cells grow more yet consume less. The cells are more efficient in the presence of air than they are in anaerobic conditions.
Which reaction is catalyzed by a dehydrogenase?
Acetaldehyde --> Ethanol
Which reaction represents a decarboxylation?
Pyruvate --> Acetaldehyde
Which reaction is an example of redox?
Acetaldehyde --> Ethanol
Which reaction is an oxidation of a 'coenzyme'?
Acetaldehyde --> Ethanol
Which reaction is responsible for the 'leavening' of bread?
Pyruvate --> Acetaldehyde
Why is glycolysis considered a catabolic pathway? (3 reasons)
Catabolic pathways are energy yielding (make ATP), degredative (big to small), oxidative (remove H)
Why are only 2 ATPs made in 'anaerobic' glycolysis?
The NADH produced is used to reduce pyruvate
Why are 6 additional ATPs made via 'aerobic' glycolysis?
The NADH produced is used by the mitochondria
Proposed the Chemisomotic Hypothesis
Peter Mitchell
Discoverd TCA cycle
Hans Kreb
Mitochondrion location which Houses mtDNA
Matrix
This site of the mitochondria forms the cristae
Inner Membrane
Which membrane is permeable to small molecules < 10,000 MW
Outer Membrane
Houses the Electron Transport Chain
Inner Membrane
Contains/houses the mitochondrial ATPase
Inner Membrane
This enzyme catalyzes the first 'ATP synthesis step' of glycolysis
Glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate dehydrogenase
'Proton Motive Force' accumulates here
Intermembrane Space
Houses the enzymes of the Krebs cycle
Matrix
Succinate Dehydrogenase
Complex II
Mitochondria location that contains enzymes for Beta-oxidation of fatty acids
Matrix
ATP(ase) Synthase (Complex)
Complex V
Mitochondrion location which contains Pyruvate Dehydrogenase
Matrix
Contains mitochondrial ribosomes
Matrix
Contains 'porins'
Outer Membrane
mitochondrion location that contains Ubiquinone (Coenzyme Q)
Inner Membrane
Bacterial periplasm is analogous to this structure
Intermembrane Space
Cytocrhome bc1 (Complex)
Complex III
NADH Dehydrogenase (Complex)
Complex I
Cytochrome Oxidase (Complex)
Complex IV
The Krebs cycle can be described in terms of carbon intermediates as "2 + 4 = 6". Name the carbon compounds represented by each number.
Acetyl-CoA + Oxaloacetate = Citrate
What are two other names for the Krebs cycle?
TCA cycle and Citric Acid cycle
What two mitochondrial processes together compromise "cellular repsiration"?
ETC and Krebs cycle
List the ETC components in the order in which they transfer e- from NADH to O2
F Lavoprotein (FMN)
Iron Sulfur Protein (FeS)
Ubiquinone (Lipid Molecules)
Cytochrome b
Cytochrome c1
Cytochrome c
Cytochrome a
Cytocrhome a3
What are the 2 'components' of the proton motive force?
Electrical gradient and Chemical gradient
The Krebs cycle generates how many ATPs?
24
List the 9 Steps of prokaryotic DNA replication
1) Topoisomerase I & II relax the supercoil in the DNA at the ori (origin) site
2) 25 DNA A proteins bind to the 9mers near the ori site; 13mers bind to the 9mers
3) DNA B & C bind together to form the helicase complex
4) the single-strand binding proteins (SSB) attach to the DNA to prevent the DNA from re-coiling
5) Primase (DNA G) uses XTP's to form 10-12 bases of RNA primer in a 5' to 3' direction
6) DNA Polymerase III finishes the DNA fragment
7) DNA Polymerase I & II removes the RNA primer in a 5' to 3' direction, replacing it with the appropriate DNA sequence
8) DNA ligase glues the strands together
9) Topoisomerase I & II re-coil the DNA
The production of TWO (2) Acetyl-S-CoA via PDH generates how many ATP?
6