Chemical Components of the Cell Flashcards
Amino Acids forms what?
Proteins
Nucleotides that contains riboses are called what?
Ribonucleotides (RNA)
What is the pH scale of water?
7 (Neutral)
Nucleotides are the building block for what?
Nucleic Acids
Hydrophobic Force
Generated by pushing nonpolar surfaces out of the hydrogen- bonded water network
Each polymer adds a monomer through ________ which a water molecule is lost for each monomer added
Condensation
Lipids
Molecules that are insoluble in water but soluble in fat & organic solvents
Bases
Molecules that accept protons when dissolved in water
Hydrophobic
Water fearing, have no hydorgens bonds & doesnt dissolve in water
Nucleotides forms what?
Nucleic Acids
Cells are mostly concerned with what type of bases?
Weak bases
Where are fatty acid tails formed?
In the cell membrane
The bonds created by the ______ can be broken down by the revserse process _______
Condensatin, Hydrolysis
If the concentration of the base is high then the concentration of the acid is _______
Lower
Buffers
Mixture of weak acids & bases that will adjust protons concentration around pH scale of 7 by releasing protons or taking protons
Condensation reaction
Synthesize larger molecules from smaller subunits & is energetically unfavorable ( during this process a water molecule is removed as a bond is formed )
A bond is formed between an -OH group on one sugar & an -OH group on another sugar by ________ in which a molecule of water is expelled as the bond is formed
Condenstation reaction
_____________ ensure that tge polymer chain adopts one particular conformation, which is determines by the linear sequence of monomers in the chain
Noncovalent interactions
Deoxyribonucleic Acids (DNA)
Based on the deoxyribose & contains the bases A,G,C, & T
The pre-fix Oligo is used to refer to molecules with what?
Molecules from 2-10 sugar polymers
Organic Molecules
Compounds that contains carbon - carbon
_______ also stablize associatitions between two macro-molecules & such associatitions allow macro-molecules to be used as building blocks for larger structures
Noncovalent bonds
What are the four major families of small organic mnolecules?
- Sugars
- Fatty Acids
- Amino Acids
- Nucleotides
Amphipathic
Molecules that have both hydrophobic & hydrophillic regions
What are the two distinct regions of fatty acid molecules?
- A long hydrocarbon chain which is hydrophobic or very reactive
- A carboxyl (-COOH) group which behaves as an acid (Carboxylic acid) in an aqueous solutions
Glysosidic Bonds
Covalent bonds that link monosaccharides to form larger carbonhydrates
Lipid bilayer
the structure that forms the basis for all cell membranes (Composed of phospholipids)