BIOCHEM LEC Flashcards
Regulation of water balance
a. Hypothalamic mechanisms
b. Antidiuretic Hormone
c. Retention or excretion by the Kidneys
which involves the inability to concentrate urine or adjust
to subtle changes in extracellular fluid osmolarity, results from the unresponsiveness of renal tubular osmoreceptors to ADH
Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus
angle between two hydrogen atoms to the oxygen in H2O
105 degree
molecule with electrical charge distributed asymmetrically about its structure
DIPOLE
Slightly Positive Side of H2O
Hydrogen
Slightly Negative Side of H2O
Oxygen
Bicarbonate and other buffers normally maintain the pH of extracellular fluid between ____ and ___
7.35, 7.45
Blood pH below 7.35
Acidosis
blood pH above 7.45
Alkalosis
Suspected disturbances of acid-base balance are verified by measuring the pH of __________________
arterial blood
Water’s strong dipole is responsible for its high _____________________
dielectric constant
the _______ the dielectric constant, the ________ the force of attraction between charged and polar species
Higher, Weaker
enables water to dissolve many
organic biomolecules that contain functional groups
hydrogen bonding
chemical species that forms bonds with electrophiles by donating an electron pair
Nucleophile
electron rich molecules
nucleophile
electron poor molecules
electrophile
Nucleophilic attack by water typically results in the cleavage of the amide, glycoside, or ester bonds that hold biopolymers together
Hydrolysis
catalyze the hydrolysis of proteins into their component amino acids
Protease
catalyze the hydrolysis of the phosphoester bonds in DNA and RNA
nuclease
strongest force that holds molecules together
Covalent Bonds
contributes to stability & functional competence of molecules
Non- covalent Bonds
most biomolecules are ______________
Amphipathic
possess both charged or polar region and hydrophobic or non polar region
Amphipathic
refers to the tendency of nonpolar
compounds to self-associate in an aqueous environment
hydrophobic interactions
minimizes the disruption of energetically favorable interactions between and is therefore driven by
the surrounding water molecules
self-association
interactions between oppositely charged groups within or between biomolecules
Electrostatic Interactions
arise from attractions between transient
dipoles generated by the rapid movement of electrons in all
neutral atoms
Van der Waals Forces