2nd Chapter Test Flashcards

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Hydrolysis

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Large + h2o –> small + small

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2 basic biochemical reactions

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Hydrolysis (catabolic) and dehydration (anabolic)

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Dehydration

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Small + small –> larger + h2o

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Carbohydrates

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Quick energy source
Monosaccharides
Disaccharides
Polysaccharides

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Lipids

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Long term energy source
Fats waxes oils steroids
Composed of glycerol + 3 fatty acids –> lipid +h2o

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Saturated fats

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Single bonds
Soiled at room temperature
Butter lard
Unhealthy

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Unsaturated fats

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Double bonds 
Liquid --> vegetable oil
Healthier 
Polyunsaturated which means many double bonds 
Transfats
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Glycogen is stored in the

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Liver

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Proteins

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Has a structural function / metabolic function

20 amino acids

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Amino acid sketch

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H- H = O
N-C-C
H- R -OH

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Amino acid monomers are

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Linked together

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Amino acid monomers are linked together

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  • In a dehydration reaction

- Joining carboxyl group of one amino acid to the amino group of the next amino acid, creating a peptide bond

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12
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A chain of amino acids are called

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Polypeptide

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13
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Catalysts

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Control reactions

Reduce the activation energy needed to start a reaction

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14
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Enzymes are

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Specific
Reusable
Can be denatured
Active site (place where the substance attaches)

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Primary structure

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Straight string of beads

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Secondary structure

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Beads coiled up

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Tertiary structure

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Bent slinky

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Quaternary structure

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More than two teritiary

19
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2 types of Nucleic acids

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DNA

RNA

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DNA

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Deoxyribonucleic acid

Deals with genetic makeup

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RNA

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Ribonucleic acid

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Nucleotides

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Phosphate
Sugar
Base : Ademine,thymine,guanine, cytosine,uracil

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Purines

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Double ring
Adenine
Guanine

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Pyrimidines

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Single ring
Thymine
Cytosine

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Out of the four bases which two are pyrimidines

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Thymines
Cytosine
(The ones with y’s in them)

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A will always bond with

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T double bond

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G will always bond with

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C triple bond

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There are no thymines in

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RNA