biochemistry Flashcards

1
Q

organic chemistry is the study of

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carbon compounds

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2
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carbon forms bonds

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single double triple

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3
Q

when carbon forms four single covalent bonds it is shaped like a

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tetrahedron

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4
Q

non polar or water fearing

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hhydrophobic

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5
Q

polar or water loving

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hydrophilic

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6
Q

organic molecules are determined by

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groups of atom (functional groups)

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7
Q

bond to carbon skeleton and behave in characteristics ways

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functional groups

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8
Q

hydroxyl group

A

-OH

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9
Q

monosacharides

A

glucose fructose galactose

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10
Q

maltose is joined by what bond

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glycosidic linkage

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11
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maltose

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glucose glucose

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12
Q

sucrose

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glucose fructose

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13
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lactose

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glucose galactose

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14
Q

glycogen

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animal storage energy highly branched

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15
Q

starch

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plant store energy branched

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16
Q

cellulose

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structural molecule straight

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17
Q

carboxyl groupe

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cooh

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18
Q

amino group

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Nh2

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19
Q

sulfhydryl group

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-sh

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20
Q

phosphate group

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-po4

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21
Q

carbonyl

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coh
co

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22
Q

disaccharide

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sucrose maltose

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23
Q

polysaccharide

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cellulose starch glycogen

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24
Q

carbon form four single covalent bond

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tetrahedron methane

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25
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monosaccharide classify according to their carbon number into

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3 triose,4 tetrose,5 pentose,6 hexose

26
Q

hexose

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the most common monosaccharide
c6h12o6

27
Q

monosaccharide can exist in two forms

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open chain , closed chain ring structure

28
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lipids

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hydrophobic

29
Q

triglycerides

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known as neutral fats

30
Q

triglycerides are made up of

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glycerol and 3 fatty acid

31
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saturated fat are found

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animals

32
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unsaturated fat found in

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plants

33
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phospholipids

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a structural lipid that forms cell membrane

34
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phospholipids are made up of

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glycerol 2 fatty acid and phosphate group

35
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phospholipids are

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amphipathic both hydrophobic and hydrophilic

36
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phospholipid bilayer

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when phospholipids are surronde by water the will areange themselves in two layer

37
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steriods

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differ from other lipids and the non plar

38
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steroids have

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backbone of four fused carbon rings

39
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example steriods

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cholesterol testosterone estrogen

40
Q

saturated fats

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with no double bonds

41
Q

unsaturated

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double bond cause the faty acid to bend

42
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trans fat

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the two pices of molecule are on opposite

43
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cis bonds

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the two pieces of molecule chain are in ether side together

44
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protiens

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made up of c h o n

45
Q

protein monomers

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amino acids

46
Q

how many type of amino acid

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20

47
Q

20 different amino acid differ with

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r group

48
Q

protein sructure

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4 type

49
Q

primary structure

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sequence of amino acid

50
Q

examples of secondary structure

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alpha helix and beta plated sheet

51
Q

tertiary structure

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helical section connected by non helical segments

52
Q

tertiary structure is held together by what bonds

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disulphide ionic hydrogen hydrophobic and hydrophilic interactions

53
Q

quaternary structure

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two or more poly peptide chains join together to form protein

54
Q

nucleic acids

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building blocks of nucleotides

55
Q

nucleotides are made up of three parts

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phosphate sugar nitrogenous base

56
Q

RNA exists

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single strand

57
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DNA

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double strand (double helix

58
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ATP adenosine triphosphate

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nucleotides functions as an energy carrier

59
Q

adenosine

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adenine is joined to the sugar ribose that is called

60
Q

adenosine 5 monophosphate
di
tri

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AMP
ADP
ATP