Bio 3-6 Flashcards

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R-group

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Represents the part of the amino acid core structure that makes each of the 20 different amino acids.

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2
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Amino acids

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Building blocks

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3
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Monomer

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A subunit that links together to form polymers.

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4
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Polymers=

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Proteins

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5
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Condensation and dehydration reaction

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Taking water out

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6
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Peptide

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Fewer than 50 amino acids linked together

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7
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Poly peptides

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More than 50 aminoacids linked together

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8
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Primary structure

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Unique sequence of amino acids in a protein

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9
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Secondary structure

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Alpha helices, beta pleated sheets

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10
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Tertiary

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Backbone starts folding and bending

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11
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Quaternary structure

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Final product

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12
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Denatured

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Unfolded

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13
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Prions

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Infectious disease causing agents that used to be normal proteins

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14
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Two functional groups that bound to the central carbon of every free amino acid monomer

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Amino and carboxyl

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15
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What type of information is used to direct different polypeptides to fold into different shapes

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Amino acid sequence

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16
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3 main categories of amino acids

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Neutral, acidic, and basic

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17
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Bond that link amino acids

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Peptide bond

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18
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Hydrolysis reaction

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Water goes out to make a peptide bond

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19
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Types of interactions in a tertiary bond

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Hydrogen bonding, disulfide bonds, and hydrophobic interactions

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20
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Polar

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Hydrophilic

21
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Non polar

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Hydrophobic

22
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Catalysis

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Speed up chemical reactions

23
Q

Which one came first RNA or DNA

24
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A nucleic acid is a

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Polymer of a nucleotide monomer

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Nucleotide main components
Phosphate group, a five carbon sugar, and a nitrogenous base
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RNA has
An -OH bonded to the 2' carbon
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Purines
A,D
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Pyrimidines
C,U,T
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Phosphodiester linkage
Combining nucleotides
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Dna sequence is written from
5' to 3'
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DNA is
Anti parallel, complementary, base pairing, double helix
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Histones wrap around
Proteins
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Monosaccharide
1 sugar, monomer
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Olrgosaccharide
Few sugars, small polymer
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Polasaccharide
Many sugars, large polymer
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Carbohydrates
Energy, contribute to cell structure and identify
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Carbohydrates formula
CH2O
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Where is the carboxylic group in aldose
End
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Where is the carboxyl group in ketose
Middle
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Glycosidic linkage is a
Condensation. Reaction that occurs between any two hydroxyl groups, occurs between C-1 and C-4, can be broke by a hydrolysis reaction
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Starch is composed of glucose and it's found on
Plants
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Starch forms the________around plant cells
Cell wall
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Disaccharide
Any type of sugar that contain monosaccharide residues
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Lipid
Fatty compounds that perform a variety of functions in your body
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Steroid
Any large class, organic compounds within a molecular structure containing 4 rings of carbon
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Permeability
State of a material or membrane that causes it to allow liquids or cases to pass through
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Concentration gradient
A measurement of how the concentration of something changes from one place to another
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Osmosis
Movement of water molecules from high to low
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Active transport
Movement of water molecules from low to high, uses energy.