Cell and molecular biology Flashcards
What is a covalent bond
a bond where atoms share elections with similar electronegativity
What are the types of covalent bonds?
- polar unequal sharing with 2 atoms of different negativities
- non polar equal sharing with similar electric negativities
Hydrogen bonds occur between what elements
H with NOF
What is an ionic bond
one electron transfers to another atom of different electro negativities
water has a high or low heat capacity?
high because it takes a lot of energy for it to change the temperature
cohesion is _____ & is due to
why water is attracted to like substances & is due to hydrogen bonds
adhesion is
why water is attracted to unlike substances and is due to capillary action
Draw hydroxyl
Draw an amino
Draw a phosphate
Draw a carboxyl
Draw two carbonyls
what distinguishes alpha and beta monosacharided
alpha is down and beta is up
what keeps two sugar molecules together in disacharides
glycosidic links
polysacharides bond are formed by which kind of reaction? and broken by what reaction?
formed by dehydration, broken by hydrolysis
what are the three types of disacharided
- Sucrose (fructose + glucose)
- Lactose (galactose + glucose)
- Maltose (glucose + glucose)
What is used for plant energy storage ? (Starch, Glycogen, Cellulose, Chitin) What is this a polymer of?
startch
What is used for animal energy storage ? (Starch, Glycogen, Cellulose, Chitin) What is this a polymer of?
glycogen
What is used for the structure of cell wall? (Starch, Glycogen, Cellulose, Chitin) What is this a polymer of?
cellulose
What is used for the structure of fugus? (Starch, Glycogen, Cellulose, Chitin) What is this a polymer of?
chitin
What is used for the structure of insect exoskeleton? (Starch, Glycogen, Cellulose, Chitin) What is this a polymer of?
chitin
Chitin is similar to what complex cobohydrate? The difference us that it has what?
Chitin is similar to ____cellulose____ except it has __a nitrogen group (n-acetylcglucosamine)
What makes a tri glyceride
glycerol back bone and 3 fatty acid chains
difference between saturated and unsaturated fat
- saturated ( they have no double bond and stack causing plaque so bad for your health cause)
- unsaturated (they have a double bond don’t stack so good for your health)
what is amphipathic
it has a hydrophillic side and a hydrophobic side
A phospholipid is comprised of what
a glycerol back bone with a phosphate group attached to 2 fatty acid. A hydrophilic head and hydrophobic tail
hormones and cholesterol are both
steriods
steroids have what kind of structure( rings)
has 4 total ( 3 6-sided ring and 1 5-sided ring)
what makes the color of plants and animals
carotenoids
what is a carotenoid
it is a derivitave of lipid, made of fatty acid chain with 5/6 sided ring at each end. gives the color of plants and animals
what are porphyrins
it is made of 4 pyryol rings that complex with metals… like hem with iron or chlorophyll with Mg
brown vs white adipose cells
white have thin layer of cytoplasm around it and usually made of triglyceride
brown is made with thick layer of cytoplasm and lots of cytoplasm around it
what cell is made of lots of cytoplasm around it ……. what about a lot of triglyceride?
what cell is made of lots of cytoplasm.around it …… brown
a lot of triglyceride? brown
Glycolipid has a ____ group while phospholid has a ___ group
glycolipd has a carbohydrate instead of a phosphate group
what do lipoproteins do
they transport lipids since they are insoluble
how does increasing cholesterol affect cell membrane
increase fluidity or restricts movement
name the three important parts of an amino acid
amino group, alphacarbon with R group, carboxyl group
what is casein
protein in milk
what is oval bumin
protein in eggs
what is zein
protein in corn
enzymes (do/do not)change spontaneity
do not
what is amylase
it is a enzyme that breaks glycosidc bonds in startch
what is an apoenzyme
an enzyme with no cofactor
what is a holoenyme
an enzyme with a cofactor
what is a co enzyme
when an enzyme has an organic cofactor
what is a prosthetic group
when an enzyme is covalently bonded to cofactor
which is a vitamin ( apoenzyme, holoenzyme, co-enzyme, prosthetic group)
co enzyme
what is the difference between simple and conjugated protein classification
simple is made of only amino acids (protein)
What is albumin? (simple or conjugated protein)
simple; functional protein that transports or acts as an enzyme
what is globulins? (simple or conjugated protein?)
simple; functional protein that transports or acts as an enzyme
what is scleroprotein? (simple or conjugated protein?)
simple; structural protein
collagen is an example of (albumin, globulin, scleroprotein)
scleoprotein
what is a lipo protein (simple or conjugated protein?)
conjugated; lipid + protein
what is a mucoprotein (simple or conjugated protein?)
conjucated; carbohydrate + protein
`what is a chromoprotein(simple or conjugated protein?)
conjugated; protein + pigment
what is a metalloproetin(simple or conjugated protein?)
conjugated; protein + metal ion
what is a nucleoprotein(simple or conjugated protein?)
conjugated; histone/ protoamine + nucleic acid
What is the bond in between amino acids
Peptide bond
what bonding is in secondary stucture of proteins and what is it between
Hydrogen bond between amino and and carboxyl group
what bonding is in tertiary structure of protein
- non covalent: Hydrogen bonding Ionic bonding, vanderwall
2. Disulfide bond between cysteins
1,2,3,4 — What protein stucture is first disulfide bonds found
3
1,2,3,4 — What protein stucture are alpha or beta sheets found
2
1,2,3,4 — What protein stucturedo R groups go (towards/away) from eachother
3 go away
1,2,3,4 — What protein stucture contains more than one amino acid chain
4
What are globular proteins, what structure do they have
they are tertiery structured proteins that basiclly do everything functional like storage enzyme etc
fibrous structural proteins are usually (1,2,3,4) structure, they are (water soluble/not water soluble) and made of ______-
fibrous structural proteins are usually 2 structure, they are not and made of long polymers
globular structural proteins are usually (1,2,3,4) structure, they are (water soluble/not water soluble)
globular structural proteins are usually 3 structure, they are water soluble
difference between denatureing and digestion of proteins
denaturing puts the protein in its primary state, digestion elimates protein structure
draw nucleoside vs nucleotide
list pyrimidines and how many rings do they have
C U T 1 ring
list purines and how many rings do they have
AG 2 rings
RNA vs DNA for sugar
dna has deoxyribose and rna has a ribose sugar
enzymes are what kind of proteins?
globulare
what does catalysts do to activation energy
it reduces it
what are cofactor
non protein assist enzymes
inorganic cofactors are usually while organic cofactors are
Fe or Mg metal ions, vitamins
what is a competitive inhibitor. what does it do to Km or Vmax
when a molecule that mimics substrate competes for active site, it lowers Km
what is a non competitive inhibitor/activator. what does it do to Km or Vmax
When an inhibitor/activator attatched to allosteric site, it lowers vmax
what is a uncompetitve inhibitor bind to
it binds to enzyme substrate complex
what is Km
it michaelis : the concentration of the substate when Vmax/2
what is allosteric binding
a binding outside the active site that can inhibit or activate
The lower the Km the _____affinity meaning it needs ______ concentration of substrate
The lower the Km the __higher___affinity meaning it needs ___less___ concentration of substrate
The higher the Km the _____affinity meaning it needs ______ concentration of substrate
The higher the Km the ___lower__affinity meaning it needs ____higher__ concentration of substrate
what is cooperativity of enzyme
when one substrate binds the other substates are easily added on
difference between carrier protein and transport protein
carrier changes shape and transport does not. Transport is for active transport and facilitative diffusion
what protein is used for facilitative diffusion.
transport protein
does active transport need atp
yes
does faccilitative diffusion need atp
no
do prokaryotes have cholestrol
no
what is glycocalyx
wax like substance that contains glyco-lipids/proteins and is used for defense and recognition and adhesion
prokaryote have __n____ while eukaryotes have __n_____ for genetic material
prokaryote have __nucleoid____ while eukaryotes have __nucleous_____ for genetic material
what is chromatid
is half of a chromosome
what is chromosome
two chromatids
what is chromatin
unwound dna with histones in nucleous
what is a nucleosome
has 8 histones and chromosomes
what is nucleolus
inside the nucleous
what is nuclear lamina
supports DNA organization replication
what is nuclear lamina made of
intermediate fillaments and membrane associated proteins
most of metabolic activity happens in what part of the cell
cytoplasm
cytosol vs cytoplasm
cytosol is the jelly stuff and cytoplasm is the area that it is in
what are ribosomes made of
rRNA
where are robosomes initially created
nucleolous
for ribosomes in eukaryotic cells ______s _____s
40 s 60 s
for ribosomes in prokaryotic cells ______s _____s
30 s 50 s
how are glycoproteins created
the rough er adds polysacharides to polpeptides made by ribosomes
what do smooth and rough er make
smooth = lipid and steroid hormones, rough makes glycoproteins
what organelle holds Ca 2+ in muscle cells
smooth er
what organelle breaks down toxins in liver cells
smooth er
Lysosomes have a (high/low) pH
low
what are cisternae and where are they found
in the golgi ther are sacs for packaging
(peroxisomes or lysosome) are used to break down toxins in the liver and kindey
peroxisomes
microtubules are made up of
protein tubulin
flagella are made of
microtubules
cilia are made of
microtubules
Microtubles are for
support and movement
intermediate filaments are for
support and shape
microfilaments are for
cell movements
plant cell replications -
(have/lack) centrioles
divide via (cell plate/cleavage furrow)
(have/lack)MTCOs
plant cell replications -
(lack) centrioles
divide via (cell plate)
(have)MTCOs
animal cell replications -
(have/lack) centrioles
divide via (cell plate/cleavage furrow)
(have/lack)MTCOs
animal cell replications -
(have) centrioles
divide via (cleavage furrow)
(have)MTCOs
MTOCs contain
centrosomes and basal bodies
what is contrctile vacuoes? where is it found?
found in single celled protista, collect and pump water via active transport
what cell lacks cell wall
animal
what makes up a cell wall in plants
cellulose
what makes up cell wall in fungi
chitin
what makes up cell wall in bacteria
peptoglycans
what makes up cell wall in arcaea
polyacharides
what is the most common protein that attached adjacent cells
collagen, fibronecti, integrin
what are ways the cell can attach to ecm
hemidesmosomes - intermediate filaments
focal adhesion - actin
what is focal adhesion
attatches cell to ecm via actin
what is hemidesmisome
attaches celll to ecm via micro filaments
what is plastid
organelle found in plants which is the site for photosynthesis
what is the site for fatty acid catbolism
mitochondia
what is the site for beta oxidation
mitochondria
animals cells ______ in hypertonic water
plant cells ______ in hypertonic water
animals cells ___shrink___ in hypertonic water
plant cells ____plasmolyze__ in hypertonic water
animals cells ______ in hypotonic water
plant cells ______ in hypotonic water
animals cells __burst____ in hypotonic water
plant cells ___turgid___ in hypotonic water
animals cells ______ in isotonic water
plant cells ______ in isotonic water
animals cells ___are normal___ in isotonic water
plant cells ___flacid___ in isotonic water
endomembrane system is in charge of ….
packing, storing and transporting incudes organells that do so
what is brownian movement
random movement due to kinetic energy spreading particles
what is cyclosis
circular motion of cytoplasm within cell to transport molecules
desmosmes what kind of junction
anchoring
gap junctions are synonymous to _____ in plant cells
plasmodesmata
where are tight junctions found in body
digestive system
what are adherens
connect 2 cells with actin
what are focal adhesions
connect cell to ECM with actin
what are hemidesmosomes
connect cell to ECM with keratin(intermediate filaments)
what are desmosomes
connect 2 cells with keratin (intermediate filaments)
chromatin (is/is not) found in prokaryotes
is not
Antiport vs symport. They are what type of transport
antiport
symport
active secondary transport
what is group translocation
transportee changes chemically to go across membrane. it is only found in prokaryotes
what kind of transportation chemically changes transported molecule? What kind of cell does this happen for?
translocation ,prokaryote
what is the difference between phagocytosis vs pinocytosis
phagocytosis is large molecules and pinocytosis is dissolved material
the larger the size the ____ the BMR the ______ BMR per kg
the larger the size the __higher__ the BMR the __less____ BMR per kg
the smaller the size the ____ the BMR the ______ BMR per kg
the smaller the size the ___smaller_ the BMR the __larger____ BMR per kg
cell increases in size and
lots of proteins and ribosomes are
synthesized. (G1,S,G2)
G1
DNA synthesis occurs where a new
DNA molecule is replicated from the
first, providing for sister chromatids.(G1,S,G2)
s
Rapid cell growth occurs,
organelles are replicated, and genetic
material prepares for cell growth.(G1,S,G2)
g2
list the cell cycles, which are considered interphase
G1, S, G2, mitosis, cytokinesis…. G1, S, G2 are considered interphase
More time is spent in (interphase/ mitosis)
interphase
what is the most important check point in the cell cycle
after G1
what is G0
it is when the cell is not dividing
what are cyclin dependent kinases
enzyme that phosphoplate proteins that regulate the cycle
what is density dependent inhibition
cell stop divinding when there is alot of cells already
what is anchorage dependence
most cells divide when they are attatched to a surface or to other cells
what is karyokinesis
nuclear division
Fill in
Fill in
when SUrface area : to V is much (smaller/larger) then the exchange becomes much easier.
larger
does mitosis or meisis lead to genetic variation
miesosis
what is the products of beta oxidation and where does it ocurr in prokaryotes and eukaryotes
aceto COA, citrate and PGAL , FADH, NADH
prokaryotes- cytosol
eukaryotes-mitochondria
Which of the following organelles has the function of synthesizing lipids, metabolism of carbohydrates, and detoxification of drugs? A. Golgi apparatus B. Mitochondrion C. Lysosome D. Smooth endoplasmic reticulum E. Nucleus
D. Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
what is missense mutation
when a mutation causes the creation of a different amino acid
what is nonsense mutation
when the mutation makes a stop codon
ETC happens in what part of the cell
mitochondria
glycolysis occurs in what part of the cell
in the cytosol
All of the following molecules are produced in the cytosol during eukaryotic cellular respiration EXCEPT one. Which one is the EXCEPTION? A. NADH B. ATP C. Acetyl-CoA D. Pyruvate E. ADP
C) acetyl COA
desmosomes use _________
adherans use _________
desmosomes use ___karatin or intermediate filaments______
adherans use __actin _______
endergonic and exergonic… which is catablism and what is anabolic
endergonic is anabolic
exergonic is catabolic
is facilitated diffusion going down or up its concentration gradient
what about active transport?
down
Up
simple diffusion transports (charged or non charged molecules)
non charged
what bond holds nucleotide together?
what bond holds 2 strands of dna together?
what bond holds nucleotide together? phosphodiester
what bond holds 2 strands of dna together? hydrogen bond
NADH holds ____ electrons
FADH holds _____ electrons
2 each
what bond holds nucleotide together?
what bond holds 2 strands of dna together?
what bond holds nucleotide together? phosphodiester
what bond holds 2 strands of dna together? hydrogen bond
what is alternatve gene transcripts
it leads to different amino acids (NOT GENETIC DIVERSITY)
dna replication is (semiconservative/ conservative)
semi conservative **look up video **
Which of the following phases of meiosis can non-disjunction occur?
anaphase 2
In competive inhibitors what happens to the KM and vmax?
Vmax is the same km is increased
In non competive inhibitors what happens to the KM and vmax?
Lower vmax only
what stage does crossing over occur in
prophase 1
after meiosis 1 are cells dipoloid or haploid
haploid
in what phase does homologous chromosomes line up in the middle
metaphase 1
what is a kinetochore
the things that attatch to the chromosomes during metaphase
what is the lytic cycle
when the virus injects dna to get it replicated to create new viruses
what is the lysogenic cycle
when the virus injects its dna into the cells genome and is latent until it turns into the lytic phase
what is the prophage
a viruse that infects bacteria
what is the provirus
a virus that infects a eukaryotic cell
antigenic drif vs antigenic shift
antigenic drift affects the same host species but antigenic shift affects different host species
what are prions
misfolded proteins that cuase other proteins to mis-fold
what are viroids
ssRNA that infect plants