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2B Proteins and DNA Flashcards

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catalyst

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a substance that speeds up a reaction without changing the substances produced or being changed itself

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enzymes

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proteins that act as biological catalysts for a specific reaction or group of reactions

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specificity

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the characteristics of enzymes that means that each enzyme will catalyse only a specific reaction or group of reactions; this is due to the very specific shapes which come form the tertiary and quaternary structures

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anabolic reaction

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a reaction that builds up (synthesises) new molecules in a cell

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catabolic reaction

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a reaction which breaks down substances within a cell

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metabolism

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the sum of the anabolic and catabolic processes in a cell

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metabolic chain

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a series of linked reactions in the metabolism of a cell

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extracellular enzymes

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enzymes that catalyse reactions outside of the cell in which they were made

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intracellular enzymes

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enzymes that catalyse reactions within the cell

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mononucleotides

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molecules with three parts - a 5-carbon pentose sugar, a nitrogen-containing base and a phosphate group - joined by condensation reactions

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adenosine triphosphate ATP

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a molecules that acts as the universal energy supply molecule in cells; it is made up of the base adenine, the pentose sugar ribose and three phosphate groups

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deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

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a nucleic acid that is the genetic material in many organisms

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ribonucleic acid (RNA)

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a nucleic acid which is the genetic material in some organisms and is involved in protein synthesis

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ribose

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a pentose sugar that is part of the structure of RNA

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deoxyribose

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a pentose sugar that is part of the structure of DNA

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purine base

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a base found in nucleotides that has two nitrogen-containing rings
(adenine, guanine)

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adenine

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a purine base found in DNA and RNA

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pyrimidine base

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a base found in nucleotides that has one nitrogen-containing ring
(cytocine, thymine, uracil)

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thymine

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a pyrimidine base found in DNA

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guanine

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a purine base found in DNA and RNA

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cytosine

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a pyrimidine base found in DNA and RNA

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uracil

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a pyrimidine base found in RNA

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nucleic acids/polynucleotides

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polymers made up of many nucleotide monomer units that carry all the information needed to form new cells

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phosphodiester bond

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bond formed between the phosphate group of one nucleotide and the sugar of the next nucleotide in a condensation reaction

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conservative replication

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a model of DNA replication which suggests that the original double helix remains intact and some way instructs the formation of a new, identical double helix made up entirely of new material

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complementary base pairs

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complementary purine and pyrimidine bases which align in a DNA helix, with hydrogen bonds holding them together (C-G, A-T)

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genome

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the entire genetic material of an organism

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semiconservative replication

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the accepted model of DNA replication in which the DNA unzips and new nucleotides align along each strand; each new double helix contains one strand of the original DNA and one strand made up of new material

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isotopes

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different atoms of the same element, with the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons; isotopes have the same chemical properties

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DNA helicase

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an enzyme involved in DNA replication that unzips the two strands of the DNA molecules

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translation

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the process by which proteins are produces, via RNA, using the genetic code found in the DNA; it takes place on the ribosomes

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DNA polymerase

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an enzyme involved in DNA replication that lines up the new nucleotides along the DNA template strands

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DNA ligase

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an enzyme involved in DNA replication that catalyses the formation of phosphodiester bonds between the nucleotides

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ribosomes

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the site of protein synthesis in the cell

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triplet code

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the code of three bases that is the basis of the genetic information in the DNA

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gene

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a sequence of bases on a DNA molecules which codes for a sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide chain (that affects a characteristic in the phenotype of the organism)

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codon

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a sequence of three bases in DNA or mRNA

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messenger RNA

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the RNA formed in the nucleus that carries the genetic code out into the cytoplasm

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complementary strand

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the strand of RNA formed that complements the DNA acting as the coding strand

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degenerate code

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a code containing more information than is needed

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sense strand

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the DNA strand that carries the code for the proteins to be produced

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non-overlapping

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a code where each codon codes for only one thing with no overlap between codons

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point mutation

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a change in a single base of the DNA code

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antisense strand (template strand)

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the DNA strand which acts as a template for an mRNA molecule

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RNA polymerase

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the enzyme that polymerises nucleotide units to form RNA in a sequence determined by the antisense strand of DNA

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start codon

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the sequence of bases which indicates the start of an amino acid chain - TAC; this is the code for the amino acid methionine

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stop codon

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one of three sequences of bases which indicate the end of an amino acid chain

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anticodon

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a sequence of three bases on tRNA that are complementary to the bases in the mRNA codon

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transfer RNA

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small units of RNA that pick up specific amino acids from the cytoplasm and transport them to the surface of the ribosome to align with the mRNA

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translation

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the process by which the DNA code is converted into a protein from the mRNA codon

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transcription

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the process by which the DNA sequence is used to make a strand of mRNA in the nucleus

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polysomes

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groups of ribosomes, joined by a thread of mRNA, that can produce large quantities of a particular protein

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start codon

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TAC (in DNA)

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what amino acid does the start codon code for?

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methionine

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the first amino acid in every polypeptide chain is?

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methionine

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examples of intracellular enzymes

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DNA polymerase, DNA ligase

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examples of extracellular enzymes

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digestive enzymes, lysozyme

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what type of enzymes are trypsin and pepsin?

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protease enzymes (protein digesting enzymes)

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how does temperature have an effect on the rate of a reaction?

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the number of successful collisions leading to a reaction increases at higher temperatures

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temperature coefficient Q10

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55
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enzyme action (in a catabolic reaction)

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Biology AS Level unit 1 (12 decks)

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