Bio MT1 Flashcards
What is adhesion
The clinging of one substance to another
Why is water able to absorb or releases large amts of heat with only slight change in its own temp
H2Os high specific heat
In isomers, why is structure important
Structure = function
Enatiomers
Mirror image isomers
Cis-trans isomers
Cis isomer: the two molecules are on the same side
Trans isomer: the two molecules are on opposite sides
Hydroxyl group
—OH, alcohols, polar, can form H-bonds
Carbonyl group
C=O, found in sugars
Carboxyl group
OH-C=O, acidic properties
Amino group
-NH2, acts as a base; picks up an extra H+
Sulfhydryl
-SH
Phosphate group
OPO3
Methyl
-CH3
What synthesizes a polymer
Dehydration reaction— H2O formed from short polymer and unlinked monomer
Hydrolysis
Breaks down a polymer— adds water molecule
Enzymatic proteins function
Selective accelerations of chemical reactions
Defensive proteins
Protection against disease
Storage proteins
Store amino acids, ex) antibodies inactivate and help destroy viruses and bacteria
Transport proteins
Transport of substances ex) hemoglobin, the iron-containing protein of vertebrae blood, transports oxygen from the lungs to other parts of the body. Other proteins transport molecules across cell membranes
Hormonal proteins
Coordination of an organism’s activities
Ex) insulin
Receptor proteins
Response of cell to chemical stimuli
Contractile and motor protins
Movement
Ex) motor proteins are responsible for the undulations of cilia and flagella; actin and myosin proteins are responsible for the contraction of muscles
Structural proteins
Support
Ex) karat in, collagen, and elastin
Building blocks of proteins— monomers
Amino acids
Why are the 9 essential amino acids essential?
You have to ingest them— our bodies can’t make them
Polypeptide
Polymer constructed from amino acids— just a chain— not folded yet
What is at the N-terminus of an amino acid
Amino group— NH3
What is at the C-terminus of an amino acid
Carboxyl group
What are amino acids joined by
Peptide bond
What is the number of molecules needed to completely hydrolyze a polymer
N-1
What is at the beginning of an amino acid chain
N-terminus
Primary protein structure
Chain of amino acidsq
Secondary protein structure
Hydrogen bonds between amino and carbonyl groups in backbone— alpha helix and beta sheet
Tertiary structure of a protein
Interactions between R groups
Quaternary structure of a protein
Aggregation of multiple polypeptides
What are DNA and RNA monomers called
Nucleotides
Nucleotide 3 parts
Nitrogenous base, 5-carbon sugar, phosphate group
What is the phosphate group in RNA
Ribose
What is the phosphate group in DNA
Deoxyribose
In the 5- carbon sugar, where is the phosphate group bonded and where the nitrogenous base bonded
Phosphate: 5’ carbon
Nitrogenous: 1’ carbon
In the middle is an oxygen
What forms the phosphodestier linkages between sugar and phosphate components of backbone
Condensation rxns
Where is energy supplied for nucleotide polymerization
Activated nucleotides: (NTPs and dNTPs)
Chargaffs rules
Amt of A=T and C=G
First person to publish DNA structure (it was wrong)
Linus Pauling
Who published paper on DNA structure
Watson and Crick
Who took photo of helix DNA
Rosalind Franklin
Who showed Watson and Crick Franklin’s helix photo
Maurice Wilkins
What are opposite DNA strands held together by
H-bonds
Adenine always pairs with _____ in DNA
Thymine
Guanine always pairs with ______in DNA
Cytosine
Difference between ribose and DNA
Has an extra OH, makes it more unstable
What does A bond with in RNA
U
RNA is usually ______ stranded
Single
RNA functions
Protein synthesis, gene expression, catalyze rxns, genetic material
Oligosaccharides
Oligo=few, little
Carbs
Most common monosaccharide
Glucose
Simple sugars
Monosaccharides
Most monosaccharides have chemical formulas that are some multiple of what
CH2O
Different ways monosaccharides are classified
Location of carbonyl group, length of carbon skeleton, arrangement around asymmetric carbons
Disaccharides’ covalent bond
Glycosidic linkage
What reaction synthesizes polysaccharides
Dehydration rxn
Common disaccharides
Sucrose, lactose, maltose
2 general purposes for polysaccharides
Storage and structure
Storage polysaccharides
Starch, glycogen
Structural polysaccharides
Chitin, peptidoglycan, cellulose
What forms the cell wall of fungi and exoskeleton of insects and crustaceans
Chitin (is a carb)
What makes up the cell wall of bacteria and contains amino acids
Peptidoglycan (is a carb)
What is a component of plant cell walls
Cellulose (carb)
Main functions of carbohydrates
- Provide carbon skeletons for more complex molecules
- Structural support
- Energy storage (photosynthesis/ Glucose used to make ATP)
What is necessary for cell-cell recognition and how the body recognizes foreign invaders
Carbohydrates
How do lipids interact with water
Hydrophobic
How are steroids characterized
By a carbon skeleton with four fused rings; distinguished by the different chemical groups attached to the rings
What is cholesterol
A steroid (a fat)
Cholestrerol
Important component of cell membranes, precursor from which other steroids are synthesized such as sex hormones
Cholesterol that clogs arteries
LDL
Cholesterol that removes the other cholesterol from bloodstream
HDL
Fats are not actually a polymer
True
What two smaller molecules are fats constructed from
Glycerol and fatty acid
How do fatty acids and glycerols attach
Dehydration reaction leads to ester linkage
No double bonds — what kind of fat
Saturated fat— saturate with hydrogen
One or more double bonds— what kind of fat
Unsaturated fat
What causes bending in an unsaturated fat
Cis double bond
Types of fats that are solid at room temp
Saturated
Types of fats that are liquid at room temp
Unsaturated
Trans fat
Unsaturated + hydrogen = straight molecule that is man made— made bc shelf-stable