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1
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Which biomolecule contains glycosidic bonds?

A

Carbohydrates

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2
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What type of bond is found joining amino acids?

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Peptide bonds

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3
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What biomolecules can be used for energy storage?

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Carbohydrates and lipids

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4
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Describe the structure of a phospholipid (triglyceride) molecule

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  • Glycerol
  • Three fatty acids
  • Ester bond
  • Phosphate
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5
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Describe the two fatty acids in a triglyceride molecule

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  • Unsaturated

- Containing less than the maximum number of H atoms

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What molecule is this? What does it consist of?
               R
                |
H2N   -   C   -   COOH
                |
               H
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Amino acid

  • Amino group (H2N)
  • Carboxyl group (COOH)
  • 20 group ‘H’
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7
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Lipids are insoluble in H2O because they are:

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Hydrophobic

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8
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What is lactose composed of?

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Glucose and galactose

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9
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What is cellulose made up of?

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Unbranched chain of glucose molecules linked by β 1,4 glycosidic bond

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10
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Which purine base is found in RNA?

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Guanine

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11
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Amino acids are produced by:

A

Proteins

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12
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Name three polysaccharides:

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Glycogen, cellulose and starch

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13
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What is the most common monomer of a carbohydrate

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Glucose

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14
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Is cholesterol a steroid?

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Yes, carried in the bloodstream by lipoproteins (LDL and HDL)

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15
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Which is a linear polysaccharide?

  • Glycogen
  • Starch
  • Cellulose
A

Cellulose

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16
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What type of test is used in determining the presence of carbohydrates?

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Benedict’s reagent

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17
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Glucose is a …..

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Monosaccharide

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18
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The three classifications of carbohydrates are:

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Monosaccharide, disaccharide, and polysaccharide

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19
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Bad cholesterol refers to?

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Low Density Lipoproteins, high levels of LDL cholesterol raise your risk for heart disease and stroke

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20
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Which class of lipids is a major component of cell membrane?

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Phospholipids

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21
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What biomolecule do enzymes belong to?

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Proteins

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22
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What are monomers and polymers?

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Monomers are the smaller units from which larger molecules are made. Polymers are molecules made from a large number of monomers joined together

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23
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When does hydrolysis take place?

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Digestion of carbohydrates

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24
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Benedict’s solution consists of:

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Copper sulphate

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25
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Joining of two monosaccharides takes place by the process of….

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Condensation reaction

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26
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What elements are organic molecules mainly composed of?

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  • Oxygen
  • Hydrogen
  • Carbon
  • Nitrogen
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27
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What is the most abundant organic molecule?

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Carbohydrates

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28
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Functions of carbohydrates?

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  • Storage form of energy
  • Component of the cell membrane
  • Structural components of many organisms
  • Dietary requirement
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29
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Monosaccharides are equivalent to:

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  • 1 saccharide (glucose and fructose)
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30
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Disaccharides are equivalent to:

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  • 2 monosaccharides (sucrose, maltose, lactose)
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31
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Oligosaccharides are equivalent to:

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  • 3-10 monosaccharides (raffinose, maltotriose, oligofructose
32
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Polysaccharides are equivalent to:

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> 10 monosaccharides (starch - linear, dextrin - branched)

33
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What are trioses?

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  • Consist of 3 carbon atoms
  • Glyceraldehyde
  • Dihydroxyacetone
34
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What are tetroses?

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  • Consists of 4 carbon atoms
  • Erythrose
  • Erythrulose
35
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What are pentoses?

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  • Consists of 5 carbon atoms
  • Ribose
  • Ribulose
36
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What are hexoses?

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  • Consists of 6 carbon atoms
  • Glucose
  • Fructose
37
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Define isomers

A

Compounds that have same chemical formula but have different structures

38
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Chemical formula for glucose, galactose and fructose:

A

C6H12H06

39
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Define epimers

A

Carbohydrate isomers that differ in configuration around only one specific carbon atom (except carbonyl carbon)

40
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What are enantiomers?

A

Mirror images (monosaccharides)

41
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In the cyclization of monosaccharides if the OH group faces down its?

A

alpha-D-Glucopyranose

42
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In the cyclization of monosaccharides if the OH group faces up its?

A

beta-D-Glucopyranose

43
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Glycosidic bond for lactose:

A

beta (1 –> 4)

44
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Glycosidic bond for maltose:

A

alpha (1 –> 4)

45
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Glycosidic bond for sucrose:

A

alpha (1 –> 2)

46
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Importance of glucose:

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  • The main sugar in the human body
  • Important energy source in all cells (can’t be stored in this form as it affects osmotic balance)
  • Glucose is stored in large polymers (glycogen) which are osmotically inactive
  • Ribose in nucleotides and nucleic acids
  • Form glycoproteins, glycolipids and lipids
  • Present in the plasma membrane
47
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Where and how is glucose stored?

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  • Stored mainly in muscle and liver cells, in the form of glycogen
48
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What is starch made of and where is it stored?

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  • Storage form of glucose in plants

- Composed of two long polysaccharides of glucose

49
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What are the polymers of starch?

A
  • Amylose (linear)

- Amylopectin (branched)

50
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What is cellulose?

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  • Structural carbohydrate (plant cell walls)
  • Most abundant organic molecule on earth
  • Commonly known to be a fibre and largely indigestible (mammals lack it)
  • Chains of beta glucose joined by beta 1.4 glycosidic bonds
51
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How are complex carbohydrates formed?

A

When glycosidic bonds of carbohydrates are attached to non-carbohydrate structures (including: purine, pyrimidine bases (found in nucleic acids), proteins and lipids

52
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Function of proteins

A
  • Enzyme catalysts
  • Transport
  • Storage
  • Motion
  • Mechanical support
  • Immune protection
  • Growth and differentiation
53
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How many amino acids are there?

A

20

54
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Function of R group in an amino acid:

A

The physical and chemical characteristics of the R group determine the unique characteristics of a particular amino acid

55
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What is phosphorylation?

A

A very important regulatory switch in a wide variety of protein signalling pathways, channels, transporters and enzymes

56
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In eukaryotes, Proteins may be

phosphorylated at:

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  • Serine
  • Threonine
  • Tyrosine
57
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Polypeptides are a chain of amino acids

A

Amino acids are covalently linked together via peptide bonds - condensation reaction

58
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Peptide bond

A
  • Uncharged at any pH
  • Partial double bond character (therefore no freedom of rotation
  • Not easy to break (requires very high acidic conditions and high temp)
59
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Levels of protein structure include:

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  • Primary (linear structure)
  • Secondary (simple structures)
  • Tertiary (complex 3D shape of the protein)
  • Quaternary (arrangement of subunits in multi-polypeptide proteins
60
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Primary structure of a protein:

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  • Linear
  • Simplest protein
  • How they are synthesised
61
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Secondary structure of a protein:

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  • Brought about via hydrogen binding
  • alpha helix (intrachain)
  • beta sheet (between strands)
62
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Tertiary structure of a protein:

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  • Determines by the interactions of 2nd structure
  • H-bonds
  • Ionic bonds
  • Hydrophobic bonds
  • Disulfide bonds
  • Van Der Waal’s bonds
63
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Quaternary structure of a protein:

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  • Assembly of two or more polypeptide subunits

- 3D complex

64
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How can protein structure be disrupted?

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  • pH
  • Temp
  • Chemicals
  • Not easily reversed
65
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What are lipids?

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  • Group of water insoluble molecules, that can’t be extracted from tissues by non-polar solvents
  • Not polymers
  • Oxidation of lipids releases large amount of energy
66
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List the type of lipids:

A
  • Fatty acids
  • Triacyglycerols
  • Phospholipids
  • Sphingolipids
  • Steroids
67
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Describe features of fatty acids:

A
  • A long hydrocarbon chain with a carboxyl group
  • 4 to 40 carbons
  • Saturated or unsaturated fatty acids
68
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Saturated fats

A
  • Most animal fats are saturated

- Solid at room temp

69
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Unsaturated fats

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  • Plants and fish fats, known as oils, are liquid at room temp
  • Double bonds cause chain kinks when prevent packing
70
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Function of fats

A
  • Energy storage (stores more than twice the energy as polysaccharide eg, starch or glycogen)

In mammals

  • Fats stored in adipose tissues
  • Cushion vital organs
  • Insulation
71
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Briefly describe phospholipids

A
  • Major component of cell membrane

- Glycerol + 2 FA’s + Phosphate group

72
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Briefly describe sphingolipids

A
  • Based on sphingosine (C18 amine alcohol)

- FA’s and R groups are added

73
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Function of sphingosine

A
  • Cell recognition - carbohydrate
  • Signalling
  • Lipid rafts
74
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What are steroids?

A

They are lipids with a common carbon skeleton consisting of four fused carbon rings

Different steroids are created by varying functional groups attached to the rings

75
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What is cholesterol?

A
  • The principle steroid synthesised by mammals
  • Component of eukaryotic cell membranes
  • Precursor from which all other steroids are synthesised
  • Many of these steroids are hormones, including vertebrate sex hormones
76
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Summary of lipids

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  • Class of hydrophobic compounds
  • Not biopolymers
  • FA’s long chain carboxylic acids
  • FA’s may be saturated or unsaturated
  • TAG’s are 3 FA’s esterised to glycerol
  • Sphingolipids use a sphingosine backbone and may have functional R group
  • Cholesterol is the major steroid synthesised in mammals

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