Chapter 2 part 2 Flashcards

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1
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peptide bond

A

linking 2 amino acids

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2
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Organic chem

A

molecules of life
macromolecules
study of carbon containing substances

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3
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primary structure

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Sequence of amino acids in a peptide chain

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4
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purines

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double structure

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5
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lipids

A
  • fats, wax, oils
  • long term energy
  • insulation
  • un/saturated fats
  • emulsifiers (bile) breaks down fat
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6
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disaccharides

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sucrose (glucose and fructose)

made of different combos of monosaccharides

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7
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dehydration synthesis

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pulling off OH and H molecules

removing water to join substances together

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Proteins

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  • main unit of sturcture and function
  • amino acids (10 essential, 20 baisc types)
  • denaturation (totally change and cant go back)
  • enzymes (proteins that carry out reactions)
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9
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unsaturated

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one or more double covalent bond

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enzyme

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  • activation energy
  • indiced fit hypothesis
  • active site (where enzyme attaches to molecule)
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polysaccharides

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storage and short term energy

consists of many monosaccharides bound in long chains

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polypeptide

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  • many linked together

- a chain of covalently bonded amino acids that forms a part of or the entirety of a protein molecule

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13
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monosaccharide

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glucose, fructose, galactose

isomers of C6H12O6

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14
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pyrimadines

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single structure

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15
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nucleotoid

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-basic building blocks of RNA and DNA

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16
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DNA

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  • phosphate
  • 5-c sugar
  • nitrogen base
  • adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine (a bonds with t and c bonds with g)
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RNA

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ornganic bases are same as DNA except thymine replaced by uracil

18
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Saturated fats

A

contains only single covalent bonds between the carbon atoms

19
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inorganic chem

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O2, CO2, H2O

deals with substances that don’t contain carbon

20
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ATP

A

stores energy which can be used in cell processes

21
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Hydrolysis

A

break apart molecules by adding water

22
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macromolecules

A

carbohydrates
lipids
proteins
nucleic acids

23
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carbohydrates

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monosaccharides
disaccharides
polysaccharides

24
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nucleic acids

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  • DNA
  • RNA
  • nucleotoids
  • adenosine triphosphate (ATP)