Bio/Biochem Flashcards
ethnographic studyThe catabolism of which fuel yields the highest ATP output :
sugar, fatty acids, proteins
Fatty acids, because the longer the fatty acid chain, the more ATP
What is the product of beta-oxidation
NADH
Sodium-potassium pump result a higher or lower concentration of sodium outside the cell
higher
What is the purpose of pentose phosphate pathway
to produce NADPH
What mutation results in only one incorrect amino acid
missense mutation
phagocytosis
endocytosis
how does glucagon influence our body
it increases blood glucose level (hyperglycemia rather than hypoglycemia)
Kinesin vs dyneins
Kinesins go toward +, dyneins go towards -
Kinesins go cell interior to cortex
Dyneins go cell periphery to cell interior
What is morula in cell divisions
a spherical collection of sixteen cells that is the same in sas as the original zygote
human flagella vs prokaryotic flagella (is there a difference?)
Yes
Human flagella are not composed of flagellin
what is the function of regulators in cell cycle?
promote cell cycle
what is the purpose of digestive enzymes in the acrosomes
to dissolve the protective coating on the ovum
the renin-angiotensin system regulates blood pressure by stimulating which two mechanisms
sodium reabsorption and vasoconstriction
operant conditioning
humans and animals learn to behave in such a way as to obtain rewards and avoid punishments
three stop codons
UAA, UAG, UGA
what is the function of poly-a tail
it regulates the degradation of the transcripts
to have a efficient enzyme, you want _ Km and _ Kcat
low Km and High Kcat
how does enzyme decrease activation energy for biological reactions
- Modify the local charge environment
2.Form transient covalent bond - Act as electron donors or receptors
transformation vs transduction vs conjugation
Transformation is the genetic alteration of bacteria by direct uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA from their surroundings. On the other hand, transduction is the process by which a virus transfers genetic material from one bacterium to another. Conjugation occur when bacteria transfer between them
seminal vesicle dysfunction result in what?
reduced fertility
order the stages of development from fertilization to organogenesis
zygote, morula, blastula, gastrula, neurula
tumor suppressor gene function
keeps rampant cell proliferation in check
silent mutation is most likely found in which base of a codon
third base
what does downregulation of acetylcholinesterase do?
increase acetylcholine level, which lead to cramps, increased salivation, lacrimation, muscular weakness, paralysis, muscular fasciculation, diarrhea, and blurry vision
Unbalanced acetylcholine level cause Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease
Elevated acetylcholine decrease heart rate, cause hypotension (low blood pressure)
Osteoblasts functions
bone formation
anterior pituitary gland secretes 7 hormones
follicle -stimulating hormone, luteinizing horomone, adrenocorticotropic horomone, thyroid -stimulating horomone, prolactin, endorphins, and growth hormone
Hardy-Weinberg equation
note: the letter represents the frequency
what is the function of vasopressin
to regulate blood pressure, blood osmolality, and blood volume. It increases water reabsorption in collecting ducts of nephrons in kidneys
ectoderm vs mesoderm vs endoderm
note: mouth is ectoderm
antidiuretic hormone function
helps the kidneys control the amount of water and salt in the body
Red blood cells are called Erythrocytes. White Blood Cells are called Leucocytes or Leukocytes (T or F)
True
metacentric vs telocentric vs acrocentric vs submetacentric
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) function
a chemical produced in the brain that causes the kidneys to release less water, decreasing the amount of urine produced
what is the function of yellow bone marrow
energy / fat storage
more saturated fatty acids make a more fluid solution ( T OR F)
False
cholesterol increases/ decreases membrane fluidity depending on various temperature ( T OR F)
T
eukaryotic cilla and flagella are composed of what
Microtubules.
Note that prokaryotic flagella are formed from protein flagellin
which process would be most affected if an organism lost its ability to synthesize snRNAs?
Post-transcriptional modification
Vitamin C is vital for what?
synthesis of collagen.
Low collagen will result in bleeding
Sperm and oocyte meet (fertilization) occurs in
Fallopian tube
What does parathyroid glands do
Secrete parathyroid hormone (PTH)
A low PTH results in decrease blood calcium level
endocrine (one of the four type of cell signaling)’s function
cell communication whereby the signals involve secreted hormones travel through bloodstream
senescence meaning in biology
aging
aneuploid meaning in fertilization
meaning zyote will have abnormal number of chromosome
nondisjunction meaning in cell division
homologous chromosomes improperly separate
what’s the tip in memorizing afferent vs efferent in neurons
SAME DAVE:
sensory afferent
motor efferent
Dorsal afferent
Ventral efferent
ribosomal subunits size comparison bacteria vs eukaryotes
bacteria have 50s and 30s (70s overall), eukaryotes have 60s and 40s (80s overall)
action potential graph
function of hypothalamus
controlling temperature, hunger, thirst, fatigue
amygdala function
fear and stress responses
posterior pituitary function
secrete oxytocin (a hormone that’s important in child birth) and antidiuretic hormone (which increases reabsorption of water in kidney)
poly-a tail added to _ end ; cap added to _ end (before mRNA leaves the nucleus)
poly-a tail added to 3’ end ; cap added to 5’ end. Cap is added because so it can be recognized by ribosome during translation, and poly-a tail is added to prevent degradation and facilitate the export of mature
what is vasodilation
the adrenal cortex releases what
aldosterone and cortisol (both steroids)
Note: Aldosterone helps control the balance of water and salts in the kidney by keeping sodium in and releasing potassium from the body. Too much aldosterone can cause high blood pressure and a build-up of fluid in body tissues.
gram-negative bacteria vs gram positive bacteria
gram-negative have thinner wall (double membrane tho)
both positive and negative have cell wall
ligament connect bone to bone (T OR F)
True
ketone function in our body (during starvation)
after starvation, body is producing a large amount of ketones to provide fuel (can promote acidosis)
what does increased parathyroid gland activity do ?
increased PTH increases the calcium level in blood, resulting in bone thinning and kidney stone
what is the path of sperm from production to ejaculation
seminiferous tubules – epididymis – vas deferens – ejaculatory duct – urethra – penis
salivary amylase, pepsin, carboxypeptidase (release where?)
salivary amylase released in the oral cavity, while pepsin is released in the stomach, carboxypeptidase made in pancreas and delivered to small intestine
Macrophages must undergo rapid actin reorganization during the process of phagocytosis
True
What does a protein with low PI value mean in SDS-PAGE
A low PI indicates that it contains many charged residues, making it more likely to be soluble
FOr skeletal muscle to relax, the conformation of myosin must change as ATP binds to the myosin head, decreasing its affinity for actin and breaking the cross-bridge between thick and thin filament. Additionally, the Ca2+ concentration in the sarcomere must decrease, returning tropomyosin and troponin to their resting positions
True
Sickle-cell anemia vs Normal red blood cell
Sickle cell is jagged, normal red blood cell is smooth.
Sickle cell increases viscosity, which contributes to increase blood pressure (hypertension)
Trisomy X vs Monosomy X
Trisomy: xxx
Monosomy: x
insulin is an inhibitor of lipolysis
True
what does the “induced fit” explained
stabilization of transition state
at (-) end of microtubule, depolymerization is prevented by
anchoring of that end to an MTOC (microtubule-organizing center)
Dopamine is not a nonpolar steroi or a small gas molecule, therefore, it requires vesicular transport
True
Fetal hemoglobin is comprised of two alpha and gamma hemoglobin subunits, whereas adult contain two alpha and beta subunits
True
Paracrine - release to neighboring cells
True
Autocrine-release to same cell
True
Exocrine-through ducts
True
More unsaturated=more fluid membrane
True
Which pump does not pump protons into the intermembrane space
Complex II
during endocytosis, lysosome present in which stage of endosome
late endosome
Note: endosome can transport via endocytosis or golgi to lysosome eventually
proton pumping
intermembrane space becomes positive due to protons being pumped into it
Which area of renal interstitium has the highest solute concentration
Inner medulla
which type of molecules is most likely to be reabsorbed in the proximal convoluted tubule
small, vital biomolecule
the binding affinity of hemoglobin for CO is _ than its affinity for O2
Significantly greater
It competes with oxygen by competitive binding
fatty acids enter citric acid cycle as
acetyl-CoA
Second law of thermodynamic
a spontaneous reaction or cyclic process must yield a net entropy increase
TSH is released by what
anterior pituitary
Gram positive bacterial characteristic
thick cell wall, no outer membrane
increase concentration of glucagon means _ blood sugar levels?
High
which molecules regulate blood calcium
1. Dihydroxycholecalciferol
2.calcitonin
3. parathyroid hormone
All
1. Dihydroxycholecalciferol-increase Ca reabsorption
2. calcitonin (respond to high blood calcium) -decrease serum Ca level
3. parathyroid hormone-increase serum calcium level
Aldosterone function in kidney
increases sodium reabsorption in the distal convoluted tubule and collecting duct
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH or vasopressin) function in kidney
increasing water reabsorption for collecting duct
Sympatric speciation
when there are no physical barriers preventing any members of a species from mating with another
Genetic bottleneck
reduction in the size of a population due to environmental events such as famines, earthquakes
Allopathic speciation
speciation that occurs when biological populations become geographically isolated
Somatic cells (non reproductive cells) are diploid
True
What does 60 % penetrated mean in genetic
Out of those that carry genotype, 60% express it
Epinephrine hormone function
fight or flight hormone
triglycerides are nonpolar
True
Sympathetic system vs parasympathetic system
The sympathetic system controls “fight-or-flight” responses
The parasympathetic system regulates “rest and digest” functions.
Epinephrine and Norepinephrine are neurotransmitters used in sympathetic system
True
Acetylcholine is used in both CNS and PNS
PNS: it help with “rest and digest” and release Ca+ for muscle movement
CNS: low acetylcholine cause Alzheimers
Cortisol, the primary stress hormone, increases sugars (glucose) in the bloodstream
True
Respiration system
Nearly all post-transcriptional modifications are made in nucleus
True, but modifications to amino acids and proteins are not
activation of nociceptors do what?
feel the pain
bacteria lack introns
True
arrhythmia definition
irregular heartbeat
Formaldehyde
western plot tell us what
amount of protein expressed
RT-PCR tell us what
amount of RNA expressed
both tRNA and ribosome are made of RNA
True
conjugation (bacteria)
bacterium transfer genetic information to another
acetylation promotes gene expression, whereas methylation reduces it
True
function of keratin
protein that gives toughness and flexibility to the skin
(it’s an intermediate filament)
(callus is formed due to keratin )
aminopeptidase which works in the duodenum is slightly basic
True
boyle’s law in physcis
P and V are inversely related
atmospheric pressure at standard
1 atm or 760mmHg
Solubility of gas equation
H=c/P
enhancer is a section of DNA
True
cartilage relies on diffusive rather than direct vascular delivery of nutrients
True
chondrocytes
are cells involved in maintaining connective tissues. they grow in teens
mRNA and hnRNA (pre-mRNA) are coding moleculs,
whereas microRNAm snoRNA and tRNA are not
True
ATP, citrate and NADH inhibit TCA cycle,
whereas AMP, ADP and NAD+ stimulate it
True
overstimulate of citric acid cycle result in an increase in CO2 and decreased plasma pH
True
during menstruation, estrogen and progesterone levels are low
True
prefix “staphylo” mean what
clustered organization
endfix “coccus” mean what
circular shape
Restrictions endonucleases function
cut DNA at specific sites
(early step of Southern blot)
- somatic nervous system is responsible for voluntary actions
- autonomic nervous system is responsible for all involuntary actions
True
Both somatic and autonomic fall under peripheral nervous system
hybrid vigor, or heterosis
hybrids of domestic dog grow stronger and bigger than their parents
three irreversible steps in glycolysis
phosphofructosekinase, hexokinase, pyruvate kinase
Amphetamine function
release dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin while simultaneously inhibit their reabsorption.
increasing heart rate and blood pressure, anxiety
cortisol function
Cortisol, the primary stress hormone, increases sugars (glucose) in the bloodstream, enhances your brain’s use of glucose and increases the availability of substances that repair tissues
tight junction vs gap junction vs desmosome
autoimmune disease
defense system can’t tell the difference between your own cells and foreign cells
macrophages must undergo rapid actin reorganization during phagocytosis
True
which of the following molecules do not require a channel to pass through:
Testosterone, dopamine, serotonin, glucose
Testosterone
sigma factors
initiation factors
exhaling/eliminating CO2 result in high blood pH
True
What product is produced when 2-hexanol successfully reacts with chromium(III) oxide?
Note: it would be hexanoic acid if it’s primary alcohol
Although some water is lost through sweat glands at the skin surface, the skin is relatively impermeable to water loss largely due to the cells of
epidermis
(stratum corneum)
role strain, role conflict, role exit
rank the size of four DNA dioxyribonucleotides
G>A>T>C
Km is independent from enzyme concentration
True
lewis acid vs bronsted acid
Lewis said that acid must not contain a hydrogen ion (H+) or hydroxide ion (OH–) to be classified as an acid. Bronsted said the acid must contain a hydrogen ion (H+) or hydroxide ion (OH–) to be classified as an acid.
kinesin vs dynein
kinesin away from nucleus,
dynein towards the nucleus
note: Microtubules are made of alternating α- and β-tubulin subunits
waxes have ester groups
True
COOR
chaperone protein
Facilities proper protein folding
in kidney, collecting duct is the last portion where reabsorption of water and salt can occur
True
hydrophobic molecules travel through membrane via simple diffusion
True
Blood cells have no DNA
True
glucose is a carbohydrate
True
The sympathetic nervous system directly inhibits what
The sympathetic nervous system directly inhibits peristalsis (A) and secretion of digestive enzymes (B). It also increases the blood glucose concentration and causes dilation of the blood vessels that supply the deep muscles and internal organs, which aids nutrient delivery (D) to these tissues.
The parasympathetic nervous system restores the body to a calm and composed state and prevents it from overworking. The sympathetic nervous system, on the other hand, prepares the body for fight and flight response.
True
guanine=purine
uracil=purimidine
TRue
epinephrine increwase glycogenolysis and glycolysis
True
the anaerobic process that replenishes NAD+ occurs in cytosol
True
hormones consist of three 6-ring and one 5 ring does not need second passenger in cell signaling
True
fatty acids oxidation
Fatty acid oxidation and synthesis occur in which subcellular compartments, respectively
Mitochondrial and cytosol
gluconeogenesis vs glycogenolysis
heart
triacylglycerol is a energy storage lipids
True
phosphatase vs phosphorylase
phosphorylase enzymes catalyze the reaction involving the transfer of phosphate groups between compounds, whereas phosphatase enzymes catalyze the reactions involving the removal of a phosphate
what muscles are striated
cardiac and skeletal muscles
hormone responsible for ovulation
Luteinizing Hormones
adrenal cortex vs adrenal medulla
Phosphorolysis
Glycogen is cleaved into glucose-1-phosphate subunits by glycogen phosphorylase in a reaction called phosphorolysis.
henry’s law
There are three amino acids that are phosphorylated in eukaryotes
serine (S), threonine (T), and tyrosine (Y)
SNOW DROP
osmolarity
steroid hormones must be transported through the blood bound to specific carrier proteins, but regular hormones don’t
True
glycosylation
some proteins do not fold correctly unless they are glycosylated
A sodium ionophore would collapse the sodium gradient
True
lactase is produced in small intestine
True
inactive caspase is found in healthy cells
True
cytochrome c release or proteolysis release, or caspase release lead to cell death
True
excess acetyl coA converted to ketone bodies
True
hydroluzable lipids contain ester bonds (such as phospholipids, spingolipids, triacylglycerols)
True
Acetyl-CoA, NADPH, and ATP are the reactants needed to generate fatty acid chains during lipid synthesis (occur in cytosol)
True
transport / activation of fatty acid
potent
ability to infect
(shorter bacteria have higher potent)
cartilaginous area in long bones determine if a child is still growing
True
peptidoglycan is a major component of bacterial cell wall
True
adaptive radiation
one species diverge into different species in one environment overtime
glycoysis occur in cytoplasm
True
DNA replication occur in S phase
True
arteries, veins, capillary all have endothelial cells
True
pancreas produces several proteolytic enzymes, such as trypsin, chymotrypsin, and carboxypeptidase
True
Bile is a fluid that is made and released by the liver and stored in the gallbladder. Bile helps with digestion. It breaks down fats into fatty acids, which can be taken into the body by the digestive tract.
True
myelin sheath function
increase rate of conduction for action potential
glycolysis vs gluconeogensis
which compounds can be used as precursors to sustain the blood glucose level?
Lactate
Oxaloacetate
α-Ketoglutarate
pentose phosphate pathway
increased inspiration = increase pH
True
spleen is part of the lymphatic system and its purpose is to filter blood (kill bacteria) and blood storage
TRue
oligondendrocytes myelinate multiple nerves
conjugation
is the transfer of genetic information from one bacterial cell to another via direct contact
Insulin is a product of pancreatic beta cells (not the liver)
True
Bile is produced by liver to help aid in digestion of lipids
True
cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum
True
bacterial species in large intestine are called?
gut flora
prion protein
Misfolded proteins
protease will not separate disulfide bond, because it only separate amino acids bonds
True (also known as peptide bond)
Epididymis function
Sperm Maturation
Bulbourethral (Cowper’s) gland
Mucus secretion
norepinephrine and epinephrine are released by
released by adrenal medulla, and modulate the metabolism of glycogen, the storage form of glucose.
Glucocorticoids are released by what
released by the adrenal cortex act on the liver to stimulate the synthesis of glucose from other molecules (gluconeogenesis) and the breakdown of fats (lipolysis)
main function of collecting duct
reabsorption of water
skeletal muscles are electrically isolated, whereas cardiac and smooth muscle can transfer action potentials directly to adjacent cells
True
The sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) is a specialized endoplasmic reticulum in muscle fibers that is responsible for tightly regulating intracellular calcium concentration by sequestering calcium ions during periods of relaxation and releasing them into the cytosol during periods of contraction (in response to action potentials)
True
sebaceous glands
a small gland in the skin which secretes a lubricating oily matter (sebum) into the hair follicles to lubricate the skin and hair.
Glycolysis and Kreb cycle produce ATP and NADH; fatty acids oxidation produce NADH but not ATP; ETC produce ATP but consume NADH
True
coordination of cell differentiation during development is extremely sensitive to the timing of mRNA turnover
True
hydrolysis reactions release the gluconeogenic precursors glycerol (from triglycerides) and amino acids (from proteins)
True
Glucose to lactate
which hormone trigger ovulation
luteinizing hormone
Ribosome contain rRNA and protein
True
chromosome contain DNA and protein
True
The main organ that excretes nitrogenous waste in this system is the kidney
True
increased activity of smooth muscle cause vasoconstriction
True
Aliphatic amino acids are
nonaromatic, nonpolar, and hydrophobic
Ghrelin is a hormone released by cells in the stomach (ie, part of the gut). In a healthy individual, ghrelin is transported via the bloodstream to the brain, where it acts on the hypothalamus to stimulate appetite.
True
(Ghrelin feel hungry, adipocyte feel full)
water around hydrophobic = ordered
water around hydrophilic = disoredered
True
so delta S is more positive when disoredered
penetrated the walls of the intestine would allow the contents to enter the peritoneal cavity
True