Chapter 3 Flashcards
Hydrolysis
Is used to break down polymers
Lincosamides are a class of antibiotics that inhibit peptide bond formation. What type of biological molecule would be affected?
proteins
If a chromosome contains 20% thymine, how much guanine should it have?
30%
A one point mutation occurs in a nucleic acid, such that adenine is replaced with uracil. What type of molecule is this?
Ribonucleic acid (RNA)
Which of the following is not a polymer of glucose?
maltose
What happens when a lipid is hydrogenated?
A. Hydrogen is added to the fatty acid chains
B. The melting point is raised
C. The lipid is converted into a saturated fat
D. The fatty acid chain is straightened
You worked at a fish hatchery and wanted to set up an experiment to deliver the female sex hormone, estrogen, to some fish. What type of molecule is estrogen?
steroid
If a strand of DNA has a sequence TAGGATC, what would be the complementary (matching) sequence?
ATCCTAG
If a cell was grown in a growth medium that has a radioactive sulfur isotope, which class of biomolecules will show the presence of the isotope?
proteins
The removal of water to form a chemical bond is termed
Dehydration synthesis
