ch 24 :))))) Flashcards
A polypeptide is
an addition polymer of amino acids.
a condensation polymer of amino acids.
a polymer of sugar molecules.
a part of nucleic acids.
a polymer of nucleic acids.
b
Which of the following is not a lipid?
triglycerides
fatty acids
glycerol
steroids
phospholipids
c
How many rings are found in a steroid molecule?
a
When a drop of the fatty acid oleic acid (CH3(CH2)7CH=CH(CH2)7CO2H) is added to water it forms a molecule thick layer on the surface of the water. What is the likely orientation of the acid on the water surface?
?
Which of the following statements concerning enzyme chemistry is/are correct?
1. Enzymes are biological catalysts.
2. A reaction occurs when substrate binds the enzyme active site.
3. Enzymes catalyze multiple types of reactions.
d
Which statement concerning the twenty different α-amino acids widely found in nature is true?
d
What carbohydrate is the form in which plants store glucose for future use as cellular fuel?
a
The amide linkages in a protein are also called _____ bonds.
peptide
The sequence of amino acids linked by peptide bonds is called the _____ structure of a protein.
b
Classification of a compound as a lipid is based on the _____ of the compound.
e
Which of the following concerning protein structure is not correct?
c
Which of the following statements concerning proteins is not correct?
e
What is the most prevalent form of the amino acid glycine (R = H) in an aqueous environment when mixed with an excess of strong acid.
c
Which DNA or RNA base is guanine?
c
How many RNA nucleotides comprise a codon?
c
Saturated fats and oils have ___ melting points than unsaturated fats and oils because of greater ___ forces between molecules.
b
The fully protonated form of the amino-acid glycine (R=H) may be simply written as H2Gly+. Write the balanced acid dissociation equilibria (Ka1 and Ka2) for this acid.
?
The principal compound used to store and transport energy in a cell is called adenosine 5’-triphosphate. Is this statement true or false?
true
In the context of polymerase chain reaction, if you start with a single double-stranded DNA molecule, how many double-strabded DNA molecules will you have after 10 amplification cycles?
1,024
Which of the following is the product of transcription in protein synthesis?
d
The process by which a double stranded of DNA is copied is called ___. In the process, a ___ strand of DNA is produced from each single strand of the original double-stranded DNA.
replication; rna?
Starch and cellulose are polysaccharides made up long chains of glucose linked by glycosidic bonds. Despite the identical composition, why can humans digest starch but not cellulose?
Humans can digest starches because they have an alpha linkage. We can’t digest cellulose because it has a beta linkage.