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how much of us is made up of water

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around 70% of our weight

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what is a passive role

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the structure (hence function) of biomolecules form in response to interaction with water
e.g. protein folding is driven to burt hydrophobic residues

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what is a active role

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water is a participant in many biochemical reactions
e.g. peptide bond formation releases a water molecule

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what does the dipole of a water molecule influence its ability to…

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-form electrostatic interactions with charged molecules
-form hydrogen bonds (including with other water molecules)

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what are hydrogen bonds

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they are electrostatic interations between an electronegative atom with hydrogen covalently linked (donor) to another electronegative atom with a free electron pair (acceptor)

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what are two common hydrogen bonders within biomolecules

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O and N

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does O and N serve as acceptors or donors

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both

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how do hydrogen bonds compare to covalent bonds

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-hydrogen bonds are about double the length
-hydrogen bonds are about only 5% the strength of a covalent bond

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what is the strength of A hydrogen bond dependent on

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it geometry (better lined up the stronger)

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in water what molecules can donate and accept hydrogen bonds

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each can donate and accept two hydrogen bonds

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how many hydrogen bonds does water molecules have the potential to participate in

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within water each molec has potental to partake in four hydrogen bonds with four other molecules

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in water each molecule participates in an average of ___ H bonds in ______

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3.4, dynamic flickering clusters

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what influences the properties of water

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the hydrogen bonds between water molecules confering great internal cohesions

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what does water like

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water

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what does the large number if hydrogen bonds within water contribute to

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the high heat of vaporization and specific heat capacity of water

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what is the heat of vaporization

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the amount of heat requires to vaporize a liquid at its boiling temp

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what is the specific heat capacity

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the amount of heat required to raise the temp of a substance one degree

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why do H bonds make it hard for water to vaporize

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because the h bonds hold onto each other so tightly

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why is the specific heat capacity of water so high

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because of complex mesh work of interactions between H2O molecules it allows them to absorb a lot of energy before they increase temp

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what is isothermic

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regulating and maintaining temp

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what organisms are isothermic

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most of them

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what helps our bodies stay cool or isothermic

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the high composition of water within our bodies, coupled with the high specific heat capacity of water

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how do water molecules interact with each other in ice

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water molecules participate in four hydrogen bonds with other water molecules

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because ice participates in four hydrogen bonds with other molecules this leads to

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ice having a lower density then liquid water

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how many H bonds fours in liquid h2o
3.5
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what freezes faster hot or cold water
hot water
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what is polywater
-soviet physicist was exploring the properties of water through quartz tubes -resulted in new form of water with higher boiling temp and lower freezing temp and higher viscosity than ordinary water people were scared american scientist demoed that his own sweat has simular properties suggesting that unique properties reflected influence of impurities
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what can water molecules do through formations of hydration
they can interact, and dissolve, charged solutes
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why does water molecules have great versatility in interacting with + and - charged ions
because of there small size and permanent dipole (anything w a charge is going to want to interact with water molecs. so they will be hydrophilic and have high solubility)
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what kind of ions does water like to interact with
both positive and negative ions
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what do biomolecules have that allows them to form hydrogen bonds
functional groups
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on biomolecules what can the functional groups "H bond" bond to
these groups can hydrogen bond within the same molecule, other biomolecules or with water
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why are water molecules the ideal hydrogen bonding partners
because of there small size and because they can serve as either donors of acceptors
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what is the first rule of hydrogen bonding
anything that can forms a hydrogen bond must form a hydrogen bond
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what does the solubility of molecules in water depend on
the ability to interact with water molecules
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what kind of molecules have the greatest solubility in water
molecules that carry charge (+/-) and/or participate in hydrogen bonds (donor or acceptors)
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are hydrophilic polar or non-polar
they are polar
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are hydrophobic molecules polar or non-polar
they are non-polar
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what are amphiiathic molecules
the contain both hydrophobic and hydrophilic proportions (e.g. fatty acids)
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why do we need specialized systems (myoglobin+hemoglobin) to help remove gassed from our body
because many biologically important gasses such as CO2 and )2 are non polar and therefore have limited solubility in water (and blood)
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how do we get CO2 and O2 out of our blood
with specialized transport proteins and strategies
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what happens when a amphipathic molecules is mixed with water
they hydrophilic regions interact favorably with water but the hydrophobic regions cluster together to present the smallest surface to water
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what are hydrophobic interactions
the forces that hold non-polar regions of the molec together
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are most biomolecules amphipathic
yes
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why is a primary driving force in formation and stabilization of bimolecular structures
hydrophobic drive
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non covalent interactions enable:
-transient, dynamic interaction -flexibility of structure and function
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most biomolecules represent stable polymers of what kind of linked building blocks
covalently linked
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what is a down side to covalently bonded building blocks
they are strong but interms of biological activity they are worthless
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what gives stable polymers of covalently liked building blocks there biological functions
the 3D structures formed by these polymers that are held through non covalent forces
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what do non-covalent forces influence
-formation and stabilization of structures of biomolecules -recognization/interactions between biomolecules -binding of reactions to enzymes
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non covalent interaction within biomolecules include...
-hydrogen bonds ionic interactions hydrophobic interaction van der waals interactios
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many functional groups with biomolecs have H bonding capacity. these groups can form hydrogen bonds with...
-water molecules -groups in the same molecule (intramolecular) -groups in other molecules (intermolecular)
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why does are ionic bonds weaker in water
the water tends to sheild the charges groups, diminishing the stranth of interaction
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in ionic bonds what does the strength of electrostatic interactions depend on
the distance separating the atoms and the nature os the intervening medium
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what are electrostatic interaction
interactions between charged group
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hydrogen bonds are critical for _____ of bimolecular interactions but not the ___ of bimolecular structures
specificity, formation
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what are van der waals forces
the interaction between parmanet and induced dipoles; short range, low magnitude interations
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how do van der waals forces interact
atoms want to be close to each other but not too close. they have optional spaces and so they will attract according to that
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how do hydrophobic interactions work
they drive to have polar groups interacting with water and non polar regions shielded away from water
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what is an example of hydrophobic interactions that break the second rule of thermodynamics
the folding of proteins
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when you add a non-polar molecule to water what does this to to entropy
it decreases it
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why does adding a non-polar molecule decrease entrophy
the water molecules aroud hydrophobic molecules are more ordered then they would be in pure water
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the association of non-polar molecules releases some of the ordered water molecules resulting in...
an increase in entropy of water
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what does the folding of polypeptides do to entropy of the polypeptide and the associated water
it decreases the entropy of the polypeptide but increases the entropy of associated water
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what does water have the tendency to ionize into
H+ and OH- ions
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what is the keq of water
Keq=[H+][OH-]/[H2O]=1.8x10-16 M
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what is the concentration of H2O
[H2O]=55.5 M
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what equals the concentration of H+ and OH-?
1.8x10-16 M [55.5M]=[H+][OH-]
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what is the Kw formula
[H+][OH-]=1.0x10-14 M^2
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what is Kw
it is the ion product of water
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what is the most convenient way to express [H+]
and pH
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how do you get the pH
pH=-log [H+]
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in biochemistry when we deal with pH changes ho major are they
the pH changes are settle in biochem
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what do strong acids and bases do in water
they fully dissociate in water
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what do weak acids and bases do in water
they do not dissociate fully in water and the extent of dissociation can be quantified
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how is the amount of acid that has dissociated quantified
with the ka
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how is Ka calculate
Ka=[H+][CH3COO-]/[CH3COOH]
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How is (p)Ka expressed
how Ka values are offten expressed (pKa=-log Ka)
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what are titration curves
thy reveal the pKa of weak acids
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when is a solution best able to resist changes in pH
when pH=pKa
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how long does the buffering region in a titration curve extend for
one pH unit on either aide of pKa
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what is the buffering region
where weak acid donates a proton
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what is the pKa
the pH in which a weak acid can donate its protons at. so the lower the pKa the more acidic it'll donate
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how can you look at the pKa and tell which one is the strongest or weakest acid
the higher the pKa the weaker the acid the lower the pKa the stronger the acid
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what is the only amino acid with out a alpha carbon
glycene
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if you have a amino acid with two different functional groups and have different pKas how does this work
functional groups retain characteristics independent of molecular context. so they will each donate protons at different times
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what is thr protonated form that weak acids can exist in
the HA form
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what is the conj base form weak acids
when they have donated there proton into solution
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when pH=pKa then...
[A-]=[HA]
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why are buffers important to biological systems
because living organisms need to be able to maintain constant pH
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what could changes to pH do to protonation states of bio molecules
it could change the protonation states potentially changing there structure and function
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how is the the pH in our blood maintained
by a bicarbonate buffer system
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what are the benefits of CO2 and H2O reacting in your blood stream
-to convert CO2 into a more soluble form to get from muscles to your lungs -the product acts as a buffer to control pH
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what does CO2 and H2O turn into
the more polar H2CO3
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what does H2CO3 turn into to act as a buffing system
HCO3- and H+
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if you are above the pKa then you have more...
unprotonated A- (conjigate base)
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if you are below the pKa then you have more...
protonated form (HA)
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how does the logarithm scale work say if your 10x, 100x, 1000x less then the pH
10x=1 unit 100x=2 units 1000x=3 units

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