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BioChem

1
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Chemical Bond

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The attraction between 2 atoms resulting from sharing or transfer of outer electrons

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Organic Coumpounds

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A Compound found mainly in living things

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Carbohydrate

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An orgranic Compound made of c h and o. Oxygen atom in a 2:1 ratio

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Monosaccharide

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A simple sugar with 3 to 7 carbon atoms in its carbon skeleton.

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Polysaccharide

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A complex Carbohydrate that forms when simple sugars bind together in a chain.

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Saturated Fatty acids

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where carbon atoms are bounded to as many Hydrogen atoms as possible

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7
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Unsaturated fatty acids

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Where some atoms are not bonded to as many hydrogen atoms as possible. Instead they are bonded to other groups of atoms.

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8
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Triglycerides

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Lipids that are the main form of stored energy in animals

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9
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Phospholipids

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Lipids that are the major components of cell membranes

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Amino Acids

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an Organic Compound composed of a central Carbon atom to which to which are boded a hydrogen atom an amino?

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11
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Polypeptide

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A long chain of chemically bonded amino acids

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12
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Nucleic Acid

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DNA or RNA; polymer of nucleotides are important in encoding instructions for cell proccess

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Nucleotides

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A subunit of DNA/RNA composed of a 5 carbon sugar, a nitrogen, containing base and a phosphate group.

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14
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Polynucleotides

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Many Nucleotides binded together

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15
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DNA

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A Nucleic acid consisting of 2 polynucleotide chains

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16
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RNA

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A Nucleic acid (Ribonucleic acid) consisting of just one polynucleotide chain

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17
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4 major organic compounds

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Carbohydrates
Lipids
Porteins
Nucleic Acids

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18
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What determines the primary structure of a protein

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It’s sequence of Amino Acids

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19
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2 functions of proteins

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Help keep cells in shape

make up muscle tissue

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20
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3 parts of a nucleotide

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Sugars
Phosphate group
nitrogen base

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21
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Why is carbon essential to all life on earth

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because carbon’s ability to form stable bonds with many elements. Helps build large and complex molecules.

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22
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3 subatomic particles

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Protons (+)
Neutrons (Neutral)
electron(-)

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23
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what 2 subatomic particles are in the nucleus

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Protons and Neutrons

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24
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Whats the atomic #

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of protons

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25
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What is the Mass #

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of Protons - # of electrons

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26
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What 2 elements are always in organic Compounds

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C and H

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27
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Building blocks

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Monomers

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28
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Polymers?

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Many monomers together

29
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example of a non organic compound

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CO2 + CO

30
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Carbs. Elements

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C, H , O

31
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Whats the function of a carb?

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Short term Energy

32
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Whats a Carbs Monomer?

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Monosaccharide

33
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Whats saccharide mean?

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Sugar

34
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examples of Monosaccharides

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Glucose, Fructose

35
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to every one Carbon in Carbs…

A

There are 2H and 1O

36
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Disaccharide belong to…

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Carbs.

37
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Disaccharides include…

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Sucrose
lactose
maltose

38
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Hydrolysis

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add water to break apart.

39
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Polysaccharides are?

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100’s of glucose molecules chained together

40
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Ex. of Polysaccharides?

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Starch
Cellulose
Chitin

41
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Where is Cellulose found?

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in the cell walls of plants!

42
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Where is Chitin found?

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Cell wall of Fungi! and bugs. You eat it in m&m’s.

43
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Where is Glycogen stored?

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The liver. Because it can.

44
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Elements in Lipids.

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C, H , O , P (CHOP)

45
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What are Lipids Monomers?

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1 Glycerol

3 fatty acids

46
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What do lipids do?

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Store long term energy.

47
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Examples of Lipids

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Phospholipids

Cholesterol

48
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What makes up the cell membrane?

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Phspholipids

49
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What is found in the cell membrane (that’s a lipid)

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Cholesterol

50
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Do Saturated fatty acids have double bonds?

A

NO!!!

51
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Unsaturated Fatty acids do….

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Double bonds

52
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Proteins Elements?

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C, H , O , N, P , S

53
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Monomers of Proteins!

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amino acids

54
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Where the peptide bond

A

in the middle

55
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Wheres the Amino?

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to the left to the left

56
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Where the Acid

A

To the right now yall

57
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Where the R group

A

up in the sky dog

58
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Peptide bonds have ___ amino acids

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2

59
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Examples of Proteins

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Hemoglobin
Keratin
Collagen
Insulin
Enzymes
60
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WTF is Hemoglobin?

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It transports O2 around the body (Like a boss ridin in the blood cell)

61
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Keratin

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It’s in my hair and skin and nails and my MF FEATHERS!

62
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What do enzymes end with?

A

-ase

63
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Substrate?

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Reactant

64
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CoFactor

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Helps the enzyme do it’s thang!. (DiThang! //thats not a real word)

65
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Coenzyme

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basically a cofactor…organic molecule dough

66
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Inhibitors?

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Prevent the enzyme from doing it’s thang!

67
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Competitive (enzymes)

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Be all up in the enzymes business.

68
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NonCompetitive

A

Be near the enzymes business, making it uncomfortable, but it can still do it’s thang.

69
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CO is

A

Inorganic!

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