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What are carbs composed of

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Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in a 1:2:1 ratio

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What are the four important groups of carbohydrates

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sugar, starches, glycogen, cellulose, and chitin

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Why are monosaccharides important

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They are building blocks for more complex carbs and they are important for energy contained in bonds

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How are monosaccharides linked together and what do they form

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They are linked by glycosidic bonds to form disaccharides

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What are polysaccharides composed of

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Very long chains of monosaccharides bonded together via glycosidic linkages

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For the carbohydrates section of lab, what are you trying to identify

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Unknown carbohydrates based on reactions with different chemicals

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Why are benedict’s reagent important for this section of the lab

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Because it is a chemical solution that changes color in the presence of monosaccharides and disaccharides and forms a colored precipitate

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How does hydrolysis work within this lab

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Polysaccharides can be broken down to produce simple sugars if they are heated in solution with concentrated HCl

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What are the three carbs we will have to identify

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Glucose, sucrose, and starch

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What do lipids not form

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Polymers

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What are the most important lipids

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Fats, phospholipids, and steroids

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Why are lipids hydrophobic

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They consists mostly of hydrocarbons, which from nonpolar covalent bonds

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What is Sudan red

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Lipid soluble dye

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How does Sudan red work

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When it is added to a mixture of lipids and water, this dye will move to the lipid layer and color it red. Identifies the lipid

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What makes up the solution to pull out DNA

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Mashed kiwi with DNA extraction solution and cold ethanol

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How is DNA isolated from the lab today

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By dissolving cell membranes in a detergent and precipitating the DNA with alcohol

17
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What is DNase and how does it work

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Cells contain DNase which is enzyme and works by hydrolyzing DNA into individual nucleotides

18
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What are proteins composed of

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carbon , hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen

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What are the building blocks of proteins

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Amino acids

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How are proteins linked together

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Through amino acids by peptide bonds form by a covalent bond between the amino and carboxyl group

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What are the polymers of amino acids

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Polypeptides linked by peptide bonds

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What are the 4 structures of polypeptides

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Primary: linear lining of amino acids connected by peptide bonds
Secondary: alpha helix or beta pleated sheet formed b hydrogen bonding
Tertiary: 3-D structure created by forming covalent and polar bonds
Quaternary: several polypeptide chains linked together

23
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What can affect tertiary structure

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Heat and pH affect all but the covalent bond

24
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how do proteins lose their structure and what is that called

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This is called denaturation and it occurs due to the disruption of polar bonds. This can happen because of two main factors; heat and pH.

25
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What is the main function of structural proteins

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Provide Support:
Keratin
Collagen
Actin
Silk in spider webs

26
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What is the main function of transport proteins

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Carrier molecules
Hemoglobin
Albumin

27
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What is the main function of messenger proteins

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Communicate one part of the body with another
Oxytocin
Insulin

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How does the biuret test work in proteins

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It first starts off as a light blue solution which will turn purple when mixed with a solution that has a protein. This process occurs when the copper ions of biuret reagent react with peptide bonds in the polypeptide chain.

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Where is amylase found

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In saliva

30
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What is the main function of starch

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Holds the reserve carbohydrates of plants and is a polysaccharide

31
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How is amylase important for digestion

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It breaks down the chains of glucose in starch into maltose

32
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What is maltose

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2 glucose compound

33
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What is the reaction that occurs with starch and iodine

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Starch turns dark purple when treated with an iodine solution

34
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What happens to a reaction as the temperature increases

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It speeds of the reaction; speeds up the molecules

35
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What happens to substrates when a temperature increases

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The substrates collide more frequently with enzyme active sites

36
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If the temperature continues to increase to much higher temperatures, what can happen to the proteins

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The proteins can denatured and this would cause enzymes to not work properly because the tertiary and quaternary structures would be denatured.

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