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Chapter 5 Flashcards

1
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Macromolecules

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Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins
Nucleus acids

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Polymer

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Is a long molecule consisting of many similar or identical building blocks linked by covalent bonds.

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Monomers

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Are the repeating units that serve as the building blocks of a polymer. (Are smaller molecules)

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Chain-like macromolecules

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Carbohydrates
Proteins
Nucleic Acid

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Enzymes

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Specialized macromolecules that speed up chemical reactions.

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Dehydration reaction

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A reaction in which two molecules are covalently bonded to each other, with the loss of a water molecule. This is how monomers are connected to each other.

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Hydrolysis

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The bond between monomers is broken by the addition of a water molecule, with a hydrogen from water attaching to one monomer and the hydroxyl group attaching to the other.

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Carbohydrates

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Include sugars and polymers of sugars.
Monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides.

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Monosaccharides’ general molecular formula

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CH2O

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Glucose structure

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C6H12O6. Has a carbonyl group and multiple hydroxyl groups. Is an aldose (aldehyde sugar). Forms rings.

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Most common monosaccharide

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Glucose

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12
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Carbohydrate carbon skeleton size

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Three to seven carbons long

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Trioses

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Three-carbon sugars.

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Pentoses

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Five-carbon sugars. Form rings.

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Asymmetric carbon

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A carbon attached to four different atoms or groups of atoms.

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Glycosidic linkage

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A covalent bond formed between two monosaccharides by a dehydration reaction.

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Maltose

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Disaccharide formed by two molecules of glucose. Present in beer.

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Sucrose

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Disaccharide made of glucose and fructose. Known as table sugar.

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Lactose

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Disaccharide made of glucose and galactose. Present in milk.

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Polysaccharides

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Are macromolecules, polymers with a few hundred to a few thousand monosaccharides joined by glycosidic linkages.

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Architecture and function of a polysaccharide is determined by…

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It’s sugar monomers and the position of its glycosidic linkages.

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Starch

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Plants use starch to store excess glucose. Starch represents stored energy.

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Glycogen

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A polymer of glucose that is like amylopectin (complex starch) but more extensively branched. Animals use glycogen to store sugar mainly in muscle and liver cells.

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Cellulose

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Polysaccharide present in cell walls. The most abundant organic compound on Earth.

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25
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Two rings that form glucose

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Alpha and beta

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Chitin

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Carbohydrate used by arthropods to build their exoskeletons.

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Lipids

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They mix poorly, if at all, with water. Generally not big enough to be considered macromolecules.

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Lipids consist of mostly…

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Hydrocarbon regions.

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29
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Lipids most biologically important molecules

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Fats, phospholipids, and steroids

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30
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Fats

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A fat is constructed from glycerol and fatty acids.

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Glycerol

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Is an alcohol. (Each of its 3 carbons carries a hydroxyl group)

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Fatty acid

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A fatty acid has a long carbon skeleton, usually 16 or 18 carbon atoms in length. The carbon at one end is part of a Carboxyl group (acid). The rest of the skeleton is a hydrocarbon chain (hydrophobic).

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Triacylglycerol

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Three fatty acid molecules are each joined to glycerol by an ester linkage, a bond formed via dehydration reaction between a hydroxyl group and a carboxyl group.

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Saturated fatty acid

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Has a carbon skeleton without double bonds, only single bonds.

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35
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Unsaturated fatty acid

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Has one or more double bonds. Nearly all of these double bonds are cis double bonds.

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36
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Saturated fats are solid at room temperature

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True

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37
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Unsaturated fats are liquid at room temperature

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True

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38
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Trans fats

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Have trans double bonds resulting from hydrogenating unsaturated fats.

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39
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Major Function of fats

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Energy Storage

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40
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A gram of fat stores more than twice as much energy as a gram of polysaccharide

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True

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41
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Phospholipid

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Has only two fatty acids attached to glycerol. The third hydroxyl group of glycerol is joined to a phosphate group, which has a negative charge.

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A phospholipid’s phosphate group and its attachments form a…

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Hydrophilic head

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43
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When phospholipids are added to water

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They for a bilayer, shielding their hydrophobic tail from water.

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44
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Steroids

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Are lipids characterized by a carbon skeleton consisting of four fused rings.

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45
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Cholesterol

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A type of steroid. It is a common component in animal cell membranes and is the precursor form from which other steroids are synthesized.

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46
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Proteins account for more than 50% of the dry mass of most cells, and they are instrumental in almost everything organisms do.

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True

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47
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Different protein functions

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Speed up chemical reactions
Defense
Storage
Transport
Cellular communication
Movement
Structural support

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Catalysts

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Chemical agents that selectively speed up chemical reactions without being consumed by the reaction.

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49
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Proteins are the most structurally sophisticated molecules known

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True

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50
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Proteins are constructed from a set of…

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20 amino acids

51
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Peptide bond

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The bond between amino acids

52
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Polypeptide

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Polymer of amino acids linked by peptide bonds.

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Protein

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Is a biologically functional molecule made up of one or more polypeptides, each folded and coiled into a specific three-dimensional structure.

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Amino acid

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Is an organic molecule with both an amino group and a carboxyl group.

55
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The R group (the side chain)

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A variable group that differs with each amino acid. Determines the unique characteristics of a particular amino acid.

56
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How do the amino groups and carboxyl groups usually exist at the pH found in a cell?

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In ionized form.

57
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Groups of amino acids acids according to the properties of their side chains (R groups)

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Nonpolar side chains; hydrophobic
Polar side chains; hydrophilic
Electrically charged side chains; hydrophilic

58
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How does a Peptide bond occur?

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Results from two adjacent amino acids; where the carboxyl group of one amino acid is next to the amino group of the other, here they can become joined via dehydration reaction resulting in a peptide bond.

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Polypeptide backbone

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The amino acids in a polypeptide with the exception of the R groups.

60
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Single amino end in a polypeptide

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N-terminus

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Single carboxyl end in a polypeptide

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C-terminus

62
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The chemical nature of a polypeptide is determined by…

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The kind and sequence of the side chains.

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Globular proteins

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Roughly spherical proteins

64
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Fibrous proteins

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Proteins that are shaped like long fibers.

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The function of a protein depends on…

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It’s ability to recognize and bind to some other molecule.

66
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All proteins share ___ levels of superimposed structure.

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Three; primary, secondary, and tertiary structure.

67
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Primary structure

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The primary structure of a protein is its sequence of amino acids, which is determined by inherited genetic information.

68
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Secondary structure

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The coils and folds in a polypeptide.

69
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How is the secondary structure of a protein (the coils and folds) sustained?

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The coils and folds are the result of hydrogen bonds between the repeating constituents of the polypeptide backbone. Within the backbone, the oxygen atoms have a partial negative charge, and the hydrogen atoms attached to the nitrogens have a partial positive charge; therefore, hydrogen bonds can form between these atoms.

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α (Alpha) helix

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A delicate coil held together by hydrogen bonding between every fourth amino acid.

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β pleated sheet

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Two or more segments of β strands that are connected by hydrogen bonds.

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β strand

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The polypeptide chain lying side by side.

73
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Tertiary structure

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Is the overall shape of a polypeptide resulting from interactions between the side chains (R groups) of the various amino acids.

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Hydrophobic interaction

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A type of weak chemical interaction caused when molecules that do not mix with water coalesce to exclude water. This contributes to tertiary structure.

75
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What holds close non polar amino acid side chains together?

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van der Waals interactions

76
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Disulfide bridges

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Covalent bonds where two cysteine monomers, which have Sulfhydryl groups (—SH) on their side chains, are brought close together by the folding of the protein. The sulfers bond and form the disulfide bridge (—S—S—). This bridge rivets parts of the protein together.

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Quaternary structure

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Is the overall protein structure that results from the aggregation of it’s polypeptide subunits. These proteins must consist of two or more polypeptide chains.

78
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Collagen account for __% of the protein in a human body.

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40%

79
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Examples of proteins with quaternary structure

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Fibrous protein : Collagen
Globular protein : Hemoglobin

80
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Sickle-cell disease

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An inherited blood disorder that is caused by the substitution of valine (amino acid) for glutamic acid (amino acid) at a particular position in the primary structure of hemoglobin.

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Denaturation

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A change caused by the wrong pH, salt concentration, temperature, or other aspects of the environment that destroys the weak bonds and interaction within a protein, which causes the protein to unravel and lose its native shape.

82
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A denatured protein is…

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Biologically inactive

83
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Denaturing agents include:

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Chemicals that disrupt the hydrogen bonds, ionic bonds, and disulfide bridges of a protein.

84
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The information for building specific shape is intrinsic to the protein’s ____________

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Primary structure

85
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Chaperonins (chaperone proteins)

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Protein molecules that assist in the proper folding of other proteins.

86
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Diseases caused by misfolding of polypeptides:

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Cystic fibrosis, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and mad cow disease.

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X-ray Cristallography

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Technique used to determine the 3D structure of proteins.

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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR)

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Another method for analyzing protein structure which does not require protein crystallization.

89
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Bioinformatics

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Can be used to predict protein structure and function.

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Nucleic acids

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Are polymers made of monomers called nucleotides.

91
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Two types of Nucleic acid

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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
Ribonucleic acid (RNA)

92
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Process of gene expression

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  • DNA provides information for its own replication
  • DNA directs RNA synthesis and controls protein synthesis
93
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Each chromosome contains _____________ which carries several hundred or more _____

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One long DNA molecule
Genes

94
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Proteins are required to _________

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Implement genetic programs

95
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messenger RNA (mRNA)

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mRNA interacts with ribosomes to direct production of a polypeptide.

96
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Polynucleotide

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Polymer of Nucleic acid

97
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Nucleotide

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Three parts:
Five-carbon sugar (pentose)
Nitrogen-containing (nitrogenous) base
One or more phosphate groups

98
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In a polynucleotide, each monomer has only ________________

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One phosphate group

99
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Nucleoside

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The portion of a nucleotide without any phosphate groups.

100
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Each nitrogen base has…

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One or two rings that include nitrogen atoms.

101
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Why are they called nitrogen ‘bases’?

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Because the nitrogen atoms tend to take up H+ from solution, thus acting as bases.

102
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Two families of nitrogenous bases

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Pyrimidines
Purines

103
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Pyrimidine

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Has one six-membered ring of carbon and nitrogen atoms.

104
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Members of the pyrimidine family

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Cytosine (C)
Thymine (T)
Uracil (U)

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Purines

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Are larger, with a six-membered ring fused to a five-membered ring.

106
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Members of the purine family

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Adenine (A)
Guanine (G)

107
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Thymine is found only in ____

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DNA

108
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Uracil is only found in ____

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RNA

109
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Deoxyribose

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DNA sugar

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Ribose

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RNA sugar

111
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Difference between deoxyribose and ribose

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Deoxyribose lacks an oxygen atom on the second carbon in the ring.

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Nucleoside monophosphate

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Nucleotide

113
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Phosphodiester linkage

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Bond which joins adjacent nucleotides.

114
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Sugar-phosphate backbone

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Sugar, phosphate group, and phosphodiester linkages.

115
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Two free ends of polynucleotide

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One end has a phosphate attached to a 5’ carbon
And the other end has a hydroxyl group on a 3’ carbon.

116
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Genes are ______ of nucleotides long

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Hundreds to thousands

117
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Double helix of DNA is formed by…

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Two polynucleotides that wind around an imaginary axis; they are antiparallel and are held together by hydrogen bonds between the bases.

118
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Adenine pairs with…

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Thymine

119
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Guanine pairs with…

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Cytosine

120
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Thymine pairs with…

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Adenine

121
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Cytosine pairs with…

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Guanine

122
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RNA molecules exist as single strands.

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True

123
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The functional shape of RNA results from

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Base pairing.

124
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In RNA, adenine pairs with…

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Uracil

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