AP biochem test Flashcards
4 major groups of organic compounds
carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids
what are carbohydrates and the base unit
sugars and starches , base unit glucose
what are lipids and the base unit
fats and waxes and oils, base unit fatty acids
what are proteins base unit
amino acid
what is nucleic acids
DNA/RNA
what makes up DNA/RNA
Adenen, thyamine, cytosine, quanine, urisel
what is only found in proteins
N
whats dehydration synthesis
removing a water molecule (H+,-OH) to your 2 molecules to create a larger, more complex molecule
what needs to happen to break apart large molecules
water has to get put back in
whats hydrolosys
adding the water molecule back in to break apart a larger molecule (reverse dehydration synthesis)
what do you look for when identifying a fatty acid
long carbon chain
whats glycerol
lipid with 3OH in it that forms an alcohol
What are steroids
Lipids that have 4 fused carbon rings with functional groups attached
why do we need fats
every single cell membrane needs them
what do enzymes do
control reactions
what group is this
carboxyl group
what group is this
amine group
what is this
amino acid
unsaturated fat
saturated fat
