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1
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Out of all the macromolecules proteins have the most diverse what?

A

Range of functions

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2
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What is the most abundant organic molecule in living systems?

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Proteins

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What do all proteins have in common?

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They are all polymers of animo acids, and they are all arranged in a linear sequence

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What are the traits of proteins?

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Structural, regulatory, contractile, and protective

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Where do proteins serve?

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Transportation, storage, and membranes

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What are the types of proteins?

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Enzymes or toxins

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What are the two ways proteins vary most?

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Structure and function

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How many proteins can a cell in a living system contain?

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Thousands of uniquely functioning proteins

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9
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What are four examples of digestive enzyme proteins?

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Amylase, lipase, pepsin, and trypsin

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What is the function of digestive enzyme proteins?

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They digest food by catalyzing nutrients into monomeric units

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What are two examples of transport proteins?

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Hemoglobin and albumin

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What is the function of transport proteins?

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To carry substances in the blood or lymph nodes throughout the body

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What are three examples of structural proteins?

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Actin, tubulin, and keratin

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What is the function of structural proteins?

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To construct different structures, like cyto skeletons found inside cells

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15
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What are two examples of hormone proteins?

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Insulin and thyroxine

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What is the function of hormone proteins?

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To coordinate the activity of different body systems

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17
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What is an example of a defense protein?

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Immunoglobulin

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18
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What is the function of defense proteins?

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To protect the body from foreign pathogens

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What are two examples of contractile proteins?

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Actin n myosin

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20
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What is the function of defense proteins?

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To effect muscle contraction

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21
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What are two examples of storage proteins?

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Legume storage proteins and egg white/albumin

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22
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What is the function of storage proteins?

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To provide nourishment in early development of the embryo and seedling

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Denaturation Definition/Explanation

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A change in temperature, pH, and/or exposure to chemicals results in a permanent change in the proteins shape which causes it to lose function; a process

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24
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What shape is hemoglobin?

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Globular

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25
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What shape is collogen?

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Fibrous

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26
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How is the shape of proteins maintained?

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Via various different chemical bonds

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27
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Is shape critical to protein function?

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Yes

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28
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What is an amino acid?

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A monomer that makes up proteins

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29
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What is the fundamental structure of all animo acids?

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A central carbon with an attached amino group (NH2), carboxyl group (COOH), and a variable R group/sidechain

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30
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What is another term for side chain?

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R group

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31
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Where is the name animo acid derived from?

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The amino group and acidic carboxyl group

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32
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How many animo acids are essential to humans?

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10

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33
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What makes an amino acid essential?

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The body’s inability to synthesize the amino acid on its own

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What part of an amino acid is different from other animo acids?

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The R group/side chain

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35
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What are the chemical natures of amino acids?

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Acidic (positively charged), basic (negatively charged), polar, and non-polar

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36
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What determines the amino acids’ nature?

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The nature of its R group/side chain

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37
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What are the 9 nonpolar amino acids?

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Glycine, alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, methionine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, and proline

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38
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What are the 6 polar amino acids?

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Serine, threonine, cysteine, tyrosine, asparagine, glutamine

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39
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What are the 2 acidic/positively charged amino acids?

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Aspartic acid and glutamic acid

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40
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What are the 3 basic/negatively charged amino acids?

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Lysine, arginine, histidine

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41
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What is often used as an interchangeable term for protein?

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polypeptide

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42
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What is a polypeptide?

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A polymer of amino acids where the monomers are linked in linear chains

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43
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What is a protein

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Polypeptide(s) that have a distinct shape and unique function

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44
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What determines a protein’s shape, size, and function?

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The sequence and number of amino acids

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45
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What must happen before a protein can function completely?

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It must have gone through protein synthesis and modification

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46
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What are the parts of a polypeptide?

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A N terminal with an amino group and a C terminal with a carboxyl group

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47
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What type of bonds do amino acids use?

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Covalent bonds called peptide bonds

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48
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What parts of the amino acids bond?

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The carboxyl group of one to ethe amino group of another

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49
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Where are additional amino acids added?

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To the C terminus (the last carbon)

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50
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What is a carbon-nitrogen backbone?

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A peptide backbone that is identical for all proteins

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51
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What are the four levels of protein structure?

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Primary, secondary, tertiary, and quandary

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52
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What is primary structure?

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A linear sequence of amino acids in a protein

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53
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What is a disulfide-bond (S – S bond)

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The only covalent bond formed during protein folding in tertiary structures

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54
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What determines the primary sequence?

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The gene encoding the protein

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55
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What happens if there is a change in a protein encoding gene?

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A different amino acid may result and be added on to a peptide chain possibly resulting in ailment

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56
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What is secondary structure?

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A regular structure formed by proteins by hydrogen bonding between the amino acids

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57
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What are the most common secondary structures?

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a-helix and b-pleated sheet

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58
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What do the a-helix and b-pleated sheet have in common?

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Both are formed by hydrogen bonds between oxygen atoms in the carbonyl group and the oxygen in the amino group four acids further in the chain

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59
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What is tertiary structure?

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The three-dimensional conformation of a protein formed from interactions between amino acid side chains

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60
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The tertiary structure is mostly made of interaction between what part of an amino acid?

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R-group

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61
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What is the interaction between to like charged R groups

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Repulsion

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62
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What is the interaction between two oppositely charged R groups?

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Attraction in the form of an ionic bond

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63
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What happens when protein folding happens in a watery environment?

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Hydrophobic R groups of nonpolar amino acids lay on the interior of the protein while the hydrophilic R’s of the poplar amino acids face out

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64
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What type of R groups interact using van der Waals forces?

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Hydrophobic R groups

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65
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What R-groups interact in disulfide bonds?

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Cysteine R-groups

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66
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What happens what a protein losses its shape

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cease function

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67
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What is quandary structure?

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An association of discrete polypeptide subunits in a protein

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68
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What stabilizes the structure of quandary structures?

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Weak interaction between subunits

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Catalyst

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A substance that helps a chemical reaction take place

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70
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Enzyme

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A protein that catalyzes biochemical reactions

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71
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What is an enzymes task?

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To lower the amount of energy needed to perform a certain chemical reaction

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How do enzymes complete their task?

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They bind to substrates and hold them in a way to speed up creation or breakage of a bond

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73
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Is an enzyme an organic catalyst? And what does this mean?

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Yes, it means all enzymes increase the rate of reaction

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74
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Substrate

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The chemical reactants that bind to enzymes

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75
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Active site

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The special place on an enzyme where the substrate binds to

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76
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What is at an enzyme’s active site?

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A unique combo of amino acids that create an environment specific to certain substrates and their chemical reactions

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77
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What are enzyme’s known for?

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Specificity

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78
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What happens to an enzyme when it faces extreme temperatures?

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It may become less suited for binding substrates, and at high temperature it may denature

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79
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What happens when enzymes face extreme pH values?

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It may denature

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80
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The ranges of what affect enzymes?

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Temperature and pH

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81
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Induced Fit Definition

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A dynamic fit between an enzyme and its substrate

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82
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What happens in induced fit?

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Substrates interact with an enzyme causing a mild shift in the enzyme which confirms the ideal binding arrangement maximizing ability to catalyze the reaction

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83
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What always happens after a reaction occurs in an enzyme?

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It returns to its original state

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84
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What is an enzyme’s hallmark property relating to the completion of a chemical reaction?

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Remains unchanged by the catalyzed reaction

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85
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What are products released from an enzyme?

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After, the chemical reaction is completed

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86
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Free Energy

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The usable energy, or energy that is available to do work

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87
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What is another term for free energy?

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Gibbs free energy (G)

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88
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What does Gibbs free energy refer to specifically?

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The energy associated with a chemical reaction after entropy is accounted for

89
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What is delta G?

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The change in free energy

90
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What is the equation that calculates delta G?

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ΔG = ΔH − T ΔS

91
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How is delta G denoted in an equation?

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ΔG 

92
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What does ΔH symbolize in the delta G formula?

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The total energy change of the system

93
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What does ΔS symbolize in the delta G formula?

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The amount of energy lost to entropy

94
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What does T symbolize in the delta G formula?

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Absolute temperature in Kelvin

95
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In what units is the standard free energy change expressed when under standard pH, temperature, and pressure change?

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Kilojoules per mole (kJ/mol) or kilocalories per mole (kcal/mole)

96
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What are considered the standard conditions for free energy change?

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A pH of 7 at 25 degrees Celsius under 1 atm of pressure

97
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What is a reaction where the reactants have more free energy than the products?

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Exergonic reaction

98
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What is the reaction when the delta G equation is negative?

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Exergonic

99
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Enthalpy

A

The total energy of a system

100
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What is a reaction where the product has more free energy than the reactants?

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Endergonic Reaction

101
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What is the reaction when the delta G equation is positive?

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Endergonic

102
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What reaction is referred to as a spontaneous reaction? And why?

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Exergonic, because they occur without additional energy

103
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What are two terms for a reaction that requires additional energy to occur?

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Endergonic and non-spontaneous

104
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Out of exergonic and endergonic reactions which releases energy, and which requires energy?

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Exergonic releases energy and endogenic requires energy

105
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Does a reaction be spontaneous mean that the reaction occurs immediately or Fastly?

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No

106
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What is activation energy (E(subscript)A)?

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The energy necessary for a chemical reaction to occur

107
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How much activation energy is needed in exergonic reactions?

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Very little

108
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Do enzymes affect the output of free energy?

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No

109
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Why do exergonic reactions still need energy to occur?

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Due to the breakage and formation of bonds

110
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What state must a molecule be in to break a bond?

A

transition state

111
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Transition state

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The high energy, unstable state of a molecule

112
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What determines whether the products exit with higher or lower energy than the reactions?

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Whether they are exergonic or endergonic

113
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The transition state always exists what in comparison to reactants?

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At a higher energy state

114
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What is typically the source of activation energy?

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Heat energy from the surroundings

115
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What does heat energy do?

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It speeds up the motion of molecules increasing collisions and moves atoms and bonds helping a molecule reach the transition state

116
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The rate at which a chemical reaction will occur is determined by its what?

A

Activation energy requirements

117
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Which reaction is slower, a high activation energy reaction or a low activation energy reaction?

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The high activation energy reaction

118
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Most of the chemical reactions found in cells require too much of what to make them efficient?

A

Activation Energy

119
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Why can’t enzymes be in a 100% ideal scenario?

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Cellular needs vary from cell to cell and may change in individual cells over time

120
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What happens during competitive inhibition?

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An inhibitor molecule attaches to the activation site to prevent substrate-enzyme bonding

121
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What happens in allosteric inhibition?

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An inhibitor molecule attaches to an area that is not the activation site of an enzyme, and alters the shape of the activation site preventing substrate-enzyme bonding

122
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What is the site where something attaches to an enzyme that isn’t the activation site?

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Allosteric site

123
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What is an allosteric activator?

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An activator that binds to an allosteric site and increases the compatibility of an enzyme and its substrate(s)

124
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Do many enzymes work optimally on their own?

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No

125
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What is needed to make many enzymes work and work optimally?

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A specific non-protein helper molecule

126
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What are two types of helper molecules?

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Cofactors and coenzymes

127
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What are cofactors?

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Inorganic ions that bind to enzymes to promote optimal conformation and function

128
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What are the most common sources of coenzymes?

A

Dietary vitamins

129
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Which dietary enzymes are coenzymes or precursors of coenzymes?

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Vitamin A, Folic Acid, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), Vitamin C, Vitamin D2 (calciferol), and Vitamin E (alpha – tocopherol)

130
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Is enzyme function partially regulated by coenzymes and cofactors?

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Yes

131
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How do eukaryote cells typically organize molecules like enzymes?

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Into different organelles

132
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How can eukaryotic cells better regulate enzymes for more efficient reactions?

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Housing the enzymes for certain cellular processes and their substrates separately

133
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How many chemicals reactions can occur in a single cell at any given time?

A

Thousands

134
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How do cells simplify the regulation of reactions?

A

The organize reactions into pathways

135
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What is a metabolic pathway?

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A series of interconnected biochemical reactions that convert a substrate molecule(s) through a series of metabolic intermediates to produce a product

136
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A metabolic pathway can be equated to what metaphorically?

A

An assembly line

137
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What are anabolic pathways?

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Pathways that make larger products from smaller substrates

138
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What are catabolic pathways?

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Pathways that make smaller products from larger substrates

139
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Of anabolic pathways and catabolic pathways, which requires energy and which produces energy?

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Anabolic pathways use energy and catabolic pathways produce energy

140
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What is feedback inhibition?

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A form of reaction regulation; it occurs when the product of a pathway inhibits the activity of the first enzyme in the pathway

141
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What allows a cell to maintain homeostasis of a product?

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Feedback inhibition

142
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What does feedback inhibition mean what there are high levels of product and low levels of products?

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High levels of products means that a pathway reduces product production and low levels of products means that a pathway increases product production

143
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Nucleic Acid

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A biological macromolecule that carries the genetic blueprint of a cell

144
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What is the most important macromolecule for the continuation of life?

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Nucleic Acids

145
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What are the two main types of nucleic acids?

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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA)

146
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DNA

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The nucleic acid that contains the hereditary information of a being and carries the codes to make protein

147
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RNA

A

A nucleic acid involved with protein synthesis

148
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Nucleic acid

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The linear chains of monomers that make up nucleic acids

149
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What are the components of a nucleotide?

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A pentose sugar, nitrogenous base (contains nitrogen), and one or more phosphate group(s)

150
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What are the carbons of a nucleotide’s pentose sugar called?

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One prime, two prime, etc. or 1’, 2’, etc

151
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The nucleotide’s nitrogenous base is attached to which carbon in its pentose sugar?

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One prime or 1’

152
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The nucleotide’s phosphate group(s) are attached to which carbon(s) in its pentose sugar?

A

Five prime or 5’

153
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What is always attached to the 3rd carbon in a nucleotide’s pentose sugar?

A

hydroxyl group

154
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What are the two pentose sugars of nucleic acids?

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Deoxyribose and ribose

155
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How are deoxyribose and ribose different?

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Deoxyribose is found in DNA and lacks a hydroxyl group in its 3’ carbon (means it has a hydrogen there instead); ribose is found in RNA and has a hydroxyl group in its 3’ carbon

156
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What are the nitrogenous bases of nucleotides?

A

Organic molecules containing nitrogen

157
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Why are the nitrogenous bases of nucleotides bases?

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Because they have an amino group that can bind to an extra hydrogen

158
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What are the 4 possible nitrogenous bases of DNA?

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Adenine (A), Guanine (G), Cytosine (C), and Thymine (T)

159
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What are the 4 possible nitrogenous bases of RNA?

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Adenine (A), Guanine (G), Cytosine (C), and Uracil (U)

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What are the 3 shared nitrogenous bases between DNA and RNA?

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Adenine (A), Guanine (G), and Cytosine (C)

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How are nitrogenous bases classified?

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As either purines or pyrimidines

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What makes a nitrogenous base a purine?

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Having two carbon-nitrogen rings

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What makes a nitrogenous base a pyrimidine?

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Having a single carbon-nitrogen ring

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What nitrogenous bases are purines?

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Cytosine, Thymine, and Uracil

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What nitrogenous bases are pyrimidines?

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Adenine and Guanine

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What are phosphodiester linkages/bonds?

A

Covalent bonds between nucleotides

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What are phosphodiester linkages/bonds?

A

Covalent bonds between nucleotides

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What is the nucleic acid directionality?

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The first nucleotide has a free (unbonded) phosphate at 5’ and the last nucleotide has a free hydroxyl group at 3’

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What is the structure of DNA?

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Double helix

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What is a double helix structure?

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A structure with two linear strands of nucleotides held together with hydrogen bonds between complementary nitrogenous bases

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What does complementary nitrogenous bases mean?

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Each nitrogenous base only connects to one other bases

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What happens in DNA replication?

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Each strand of the DNA is copied resulting in two daughter DNA double helixes each with one copied strand from the parent and one synthesized strand

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What form the outside of a DNA helix?

A

Sugar n phosphate(s)

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What form the inside of the DNA helix and how are they arranged?

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The nitrogenous bases form DNA interiors and are stacked like ladder rings

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Are the two DNA strands antiparallel?

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Yes

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How is antiparallel shown in DNA?

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If lined up the free phosphate would be parallel to the other strands free hydroxyl

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Where is DNA in eukaryotes?

A

In their nucleus, chloroplasts, and mitochondria

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Is DNA enclosed in a prokaryote’s nucleus?

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No

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In what order is DNA coded?

A

Order of the nucleotide in the chain

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What is a gene?

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A segment of DNA that code for one polypeptide chain

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Do all genes code for polypeptides?

A

No

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What besides a polypeptide may a gene code for?

A

RNA products

183
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In cell DNA is found as?

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Long chains of nucleotides that wrap around proteins, predominantly histones, which form chromosomes

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How many genes may a chromosome hold?

A

Tens of thousands

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What is the entire genetic content of a cell?

A

The cells Genome

186
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What is the structure of RNA?

A

Single stranded and 3-d

187
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What nitrogenous base connects to guanine?

A

Cytosine

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Which nitrogenous bases connect to adenine?

A

Uracil in RNA and Thymine in DNA

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What is the structure of RNA?

A

Three dimensional single strands

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What are the four major types of RNA?

A

Messenger RNA mRNA, ribosomal RNA rRNA, transfer RNA tRNA, and microRNA miRNA

191
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What does mRNA do?

A

Carries the copy of genetic code from DNA

192
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How is RNA read?

A

Three sets of bases known as codons

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What does a codon do?

A

Codes for a single amino acid in a protein

194
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What is the information flow?

A

DNA – mRNA – Protein

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What is transcription?

A

A process through which messenger RNA forms on a template of DNA

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What does DNA dictate during transcription?

A

mRNA sequence

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What is translation?

A

A process through which RNA directs the formation of protein

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What does RNA dictate in translation?

A

The structure of a protein

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What is the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology?

A

DNA contains instructions for making a protein

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mRNA

A

Messenger RNA

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tRNA

A

Transfer RNA

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rRNA

A

Ribosomal RNA

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mrRNA

A

MicroRNA

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What is the function of rRNA?

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What is the function of rRNA?

A major constituent of ribosomes that a mRNA bind to to make a protein

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What is the function of tRNA?

A

Carries amino acids to the site of protein synthesis

206
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What is the function of miRNA?

A

Deals in regulation of gene expression

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What is adenosine triphosphate

A

ATP, which is the cells energy currency

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What is ATP made of?

A

An adenine and three phosphates

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How does ATP work?

A

The phosphates are negatively charged and trying to repel each other, when they do bond it is a weak unstable high-energy bond particularly between the last two phosphates which means that they release a lot of energy when that bond is broken

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What are the products of ATP hydrolysis (bond break)?

A

Adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and an inorganic phosphate group (pi)

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How much ATP does the body make a day?

A

Equivalent to the body weight

212
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How long do you have to use ATP?

A

little time

213
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How is energy released during ATP hydrolysis?

A

lost as heat

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What is energy coupling?

A

A process cells use to harness the energy release in ATP hydrolysis

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What type of reaction is ATP hydrolysis?

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Exergonic

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BIO 1111 007 (4 decks)

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