CELS191 Flashcards
Natural selection
Variation
Inheritance
Selection
Time
What is the origin of life?
Bacteria
Eukarya
Archaea
What are the building blocks?
Amino acids
Nucleobase
Simpel carbohydrate
Glyceral fatty acids
Hydrocarbon rings
What is the macromolecules made up of ?
Proteins
DNA
RNA
Complex carbohydrates
Lipids
What is the supramolecule made up of
Membranes
What are in the assemblies
Ribosomes
Chromatin
What are in the organelles
Nucleus
Mitochondria
Golgi
ER
All life is composed mainly of the 4 macromolecules, what are they?
Polysaccharides
Nucleic acids
Protein
Lipids
There are 4 levels of carbohydrates, what are they?
Monosaccharides
Disaccharides
Oligosaccharides
Polysaccharides
Monosaccharides include…
and what are they?
Hexose (building blocks of higher order carbohydrates)
Pentose (usually part of larger molecules)
Disaccharides include…
and what is combined to make them?
Sucrose (Glucose and Fructose)
Lactose (Glucose and Galatose)
Maltose (Glucose anf Glucose)
Oligosaccharides include…
3 to 10 monosaccharides linked together
Polysaccharides includes…
Amylopectin (plant carbohydrate)
Glycogen (Animal carbohydrate)
Cellulose (plant carbohydrate)
What are the functions of carbohydrates?
Recognition
Energy
Structure
What are Nucleic acids?
RNA
DNA
Polynucleotides include bases such as…
Thymine
Adenine
Cytosine
Guanine
Uracil
Function of proteins
Structural
Regulatory
Contractile
Tranport
Storage
Protective
Catalytic
Toxic
Example of structural function in proteins
Collagen (a protein in the skin and bones)
Example of regulatory function in proteins
Insulin (A peptide hormone)
Example of contractile function in proteins
Actin or myosin (Muscle proteins)
Example of transport function in proteins
Haemoglobin (carries oxygen)
Example of storage function in proteins
Egg white (albunium)
Example of protective function in proteins
Antibodies (immune proteins)
Functions of lipids
Structural
Regulatory
Energy
