Bio Lecture 3 and 4 Flashcards

1
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What is a dehydration reaction?

A

When 2 monomers bond together into a polymer through the loss of a water molecule

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2
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What is a hydrolysis reaction?

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Polymers are disassembled into monomers by adding a water molecule

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3
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What are carbohydrates

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Serve as fuel and building material. The simplest carbohydrates are monosaccharides. Carbohydrate macromolecules are polysaccharides which are polymers composed of many sugar building blocks

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4
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Explain monosaccharides

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Molecular formulas that are usually multiples of CH2O
Glucose is the most common
Have glycosidic linkages
Classified by number of carbons and location of carbonyl group

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5
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Explain polysaccharides

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Polymers of sugar that have storage and structural roles
Structure and function determined by sugar monomers and position of glycosidic linkages

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6
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Give examples of storage polysaccharides

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Starch consists entirely of glucose monomers
Glycogen in animals in liver and muscle cells. Hydrolysis of glycogen release glucose when the demand for energy increases

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7
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Give examples of structural polysaccharides

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Cellulose is a major component of plant cell walls and is a polymer of glucose
Chitin - found in arthropod exoskeletons

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8
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Why do the glycosidic linkages of cellulose differ from those of starch

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Ring forms of glucose in the 2 polymers are slightly different. Cellulose contains beta glucose instead of alpha glucose in starch

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9
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What are lipids?

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One class of large biological molecules that does not form polymers. Unifying feature of lipids is little or no affinity for water

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10
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Why are lipids hydrophobic?

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Because they consist mostly of hydrocarbons which are non polar

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11
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Examples of lipids

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  • fats
  • phospholipids
  • steroids
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12
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What are fats constructed from?

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Glycerol and fatty acids

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13
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What is glycerol?

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A three carbon alcohol with an hydroxyl group attached to each carbon

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14
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What do fatty acids consist of??

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Carboxyl group linked to a long hydrocarbon chain

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15
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Describe fatty acids

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Three fatty acids are joined to glycerol by water linkages to form triglyceride
Vary in length, number and location of double bonds
Saturated fatty acids do not have double bonds and are solid at room temp
Unsaturated fatty acids have one or more double bonds and are liquid at room temp

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16
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A diet rich in….. may contribute to cardiovascular disease

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Saturated fats

17
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Definition of hydrogenation

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Process of converting unsaturated fats to saturated fats, creates unsaturated fats with trans double bond. These trans fats may contribute more than saturated fats to cardiovascular disease

18
Q

What are essential fatty acids?

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Certain Unsaturated fatty acids are not synthesized in the human body and must be supplied through diet

19
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Major function of fat

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Energy storage

20
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What are phospholipids?

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Two fatty acids and a phosphate group attached to glycerol. The two fatty acid rails are hydrophobic and the phosphate head group is hydrophilic

21
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Protein functions include

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– Speeding up (catalyzing) chemical reactions
– structural support
– storage
– transport
– cellular communications
– movement
– defense against foreign substances

22
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Receptor proteins

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Response of cell to chemical stimuli

23
Q

polypeptides

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Amino acids are linked together into unbranched polymers

24
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Amino acids are

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organic molecules with
carboxyl and amino
groups

25
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Amino acids are linked by

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peptide bonds

26
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Primary structure

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the sequence of amino acids

27
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Secondary structure

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Results from hydrogen bonds between repeating constituents
* Typical secondary structures include:
– coil called an α-helix, and
– folded structure called a β-pleated sheet

28
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Tertiary structure

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Is the overall shape of a polypeptide, and is determined by interactions between R groups

29
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Quaternary structure

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results when two or more polypeptide chains form one macromolecule

30
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Two types of nucleic acids

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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
Ribonucleic acid (RNA)

31
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Shape of the nucleus is maintained by

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nuclear lamina

32
Q

Components of endomembrane system

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– Nuclear envelope
– Endoplasmic reticulum
– Golgi apparatus
– Lysosomes
– Vacuoles
– Plasma membrane

33
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Smooth ER

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  • Synthesizes lipids
  • Metabolizes carbohydrates
  • Detoxifies drugs and poisons
  • Stores calcium ions
34
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Rough ER

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Has bound ribosomes, which synthesize glycoproteins
Produces transport vesicles, which distribute lipids and proteins to other
components of the endomembrane system

35
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Lysosome

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membrane-bound compartment of
hydrolytic enzymes that can digest macromolecules
* Lysosomal enzymes can hydrolyze proteins, fats, polysaccharides, and nucleic acids
* Lysosomal enzymes work best in acidic environment inside lysosome

36
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phagocytosis

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Some cells can engulf
another cell