Biochemistry Flashcards
Peptides are lipids or proteins
Proteins
IS DNA or RNA involved in trasnering information for protein production?
RNA
What is the monomer for nucleic acids?
nucleotides
What is the monomer for proteins?
Amino Acids
What is the monomer for carbohydrates?
Monosaccharites
What is the monomer for lipids?
Fatty Acids
In the reaction A + B -> C A and B are _____ and C is ___
A and B are reactants and C is a product
A chain of two amino acids is a
Dipepetide
A chain of three amino acids
Polypeptide
Dipeptide
chain of 2 amino acids
Polypeptide
chain of 3 amino acids
a special bond is formed between a N atom from one amino acids and the C atom from another amino acid during dehydration synthesis
peptide
peptide
a special bond is formed between a N atom from one amino acids and the C atom from another amino acid during dehydration synthesis
Lowering the _______ required to run a chemical reaction is a way that enzymes speed up chemical reactions
activation energy
Enzymes, dipeptides, polypeptides and amino acids belong to what group of organic molecules?
proteins
ame the two ends of a fatty acid molecule
Carboxyl + long hydrocarbon chain
Long term energy storage molecules?
Lipids
Short term energy storage molecules?
Carbohydrates
What process forms a lipid molecules? Three fatty acids connected to a glycerol molecule?
Crx
Fats and oils are a group of lipids that are made of 3 fatty acids connected to one glycerol. this group is called the
triglicerites
Waxes are a type of lipids which contians fatty acids and instead of glycerol that contain
Alcohol groups
Steroids are lipids that do not contain
fatty acids
Glucose, galactose and fructose are carbohydrates known as
monosaccharides
monosaccharides
Glucose, galactose, fructose
Dissacharides
Maltose lactose and sucrose
Maltose lactose and sucrose
Dissacharites
starch cellulose and glycogen
polysaccharites
polysaccharites
starch cellulose glycogen
what is produced by plants (polys)
starch and cellulose
combining one monosaccharides to another will form a
Dissacharites
What two molecules are used to make a lipid?
glycerol and fatty acids
How do you tell if something is a amino acid?
It has 1 nitrogen
What is on a carboxyl
C - oh (1 c) c=o
What is an amino end
N connected to two h
What molecules is always needed during hydrolysis?
water
Carbon is a very reactive because its outer shell has
4 electrons
carbon can form __ bonds with other atoms
4
The products of the breakdown of H2O2
water and oxygen
C6H16O4N2
dipeptide
C12H42O5
Lipids
C6H12O6
monosaccharites
Triglyceride what are they made of
fatty acid and glycerol
What molecule bonds together a triglycerides
Crx
What is a triglicierte?
Lipid (fat/oil)
How many fatty acids are in a triglycerides
How many fatty acids are in a triglycerides
3
How many glycerol molecules are in a triglycerides
1
How many molecules of water are needed to break down a triglycerides
3
Lipids have a H:O ratio of
greater then 2:1
Lipids do or don’t dissolve in water
do not
Organic molecules with the most stored energy are ___ because of
lipids, large number of hydrogen to carbon bonds
Starch
carbo
oil
lipid
wax
lipid
glucose
carbo