3.3 Flashcards
What do hormones do?
Carry molecular messages through the blood.
hat carries molecular messages through the blood?
Hormones
What is the postal system of cell communication?
Blood=Postal service
hormones=letters
What do enzymes do?
cut and join the molecules of life
What cuts and joins the molecules of life?
Enzymes
What do digestive enzymes do?
Break up food into small nutrient particles
What breaks food up into small nutrient particles?
Digestive enzymes
What do infrastucture enzymes do?
support and move cells
What enzymes support and move cells
Infrastructure enzymes
What do channels pumps and receptors do?
move back and forth across the membrane
What functional group makes an amino acid polar?
hydroxide
What functional group makes an amino acid non polar?
just having and amino and a carboxyl
What functional group makes an amino acid negatively charged?
carboxyl
what functional group makes an amino acid more positively charged?
amino
What is the monomer of a protein
amino acid
Amino acid is the monomer of what?
Protein
What is the polymer of protein?
polypeptide
Polypeptide is the polymer of what?
Protein
What does hydrophobic mean?
afraid of water
what does hydrophilic mean?
attracted to water
What elements are in proteins?
C, H, O, N, S
three or more amino acids joined in a linear chain
polypeptide chain
a coiled or pleated pattern of protein structure caused by regular intervals of H bonds
secondary structure
folding of protein through interactions among R groups of a polypeptide chain
tertiary structure
lowest level of protein structure; has a linear, unique sequence of amino acids
primary structure
the type of covalent bond linking one amino acid with another
peptide bond
hemoglobin, a globular protein of four chains is an example a protein with this
quaternary structure
breaking weak bonds in large molecules (such as proteins) to change it shape so it no longer functions
denaturation
a small organic compound having an amino group, a carboxylic acid group, a hydrogen atom, and an R group
amino acid