Carbon Building Blocks and Nuclei - Jan 23

Question 1

Sulfhydryl functional group

Answer 1

SH

Question 2

Condensation/Dehydration reactions

Answer 2

synthesize biomolecules and produce water

Question 3

Hydrolysis reactions

Answer 3

break down biomolecules and consume water

Question 4

Polysaccharides are formed via

Answer 4

condensation reactions that join monosaccharides through glycosidic bonds

Question 5

Amino Acids have

Answer 5

amino group, R group, carboxyl group, and alpha carbon (NCC)

Question 6

Peptide Bonds

Answer 6

bonds that join amino acids to form polypeptides/proteins

Question 7

Phosphodiester bonds

Answer 7

link nucleotides to form nucleic acids

Question 8

Differences between DNA and RNA nucleotides

Answer 8

DNA missing hydroxyl group on carbon 2 (only 1 OH compared to RNA w/2)

Question 9

Base pairing / bases of 2 anti-parallel strands of DNA interact by

Answer 9

Hydrogen Bonding

Question 10

RNA secondary structure forms

Answer 10

loop with double helix

Question 11

RNA tertiary structure forms

Answer 11

folds with distinctive 3-D shapes

Question 12

RNA quaternary structure forms

Answer 12

associations between several RNA molecules

Question 13

What parts of nucleic acid chain are considered the backbone?

Answer 13

phosphate, sugar, phosphodiester bond

Question 14

incoming nucleotides join by its phosphate to

Answer 14

the already present sugar carboxyl (OH)

Question 15

RNA commonly forms _ structure while DNA doesn’t

Answer 15

tertiary