Chemistry

Question 1

Glutamate

Answer 1

the anion of glutamic acid

Question 2

Glutamic acid

Answer 2

2-aminopentanedioic acid (oate?)

Question 3

Thymidine

Answer 3

pyrimidine dinucleoside (thymine with a phosphate group)

Question 4

Elapid venom lipid peroxidation

Answer 4

FADH2 + O2 -> H2O2 + FAD

Question 5

H2O2 lipid peroxidation

Answer 5

needs heavy metals

Question 6

Why can polyhydroxybutyrate biodegrade?

Answer 6

Has C-C bonds

Question 7

Dopamine

Answer 7

4(2-aminoethyl)benzene-1,2-diol

Question 8

Norepinephrine

Answer 8

4(2-amino-1-hydroxyethyl)benzene-1,2,diol

Question 9

alkyl

Answer 9

hydrocarbon

Question 10

oxygen superoxide

Answer 10

(O2)-

Question 11

ordinary final electron acceptance

Answer 11

1/2O2 + 2H+ + 2e- -> H2O

Question 12

premature final electron acceptance

Answer 12

O2 + e- -> (O2)-

Question 13

Oxygen superoxide + SOD

Answer 13

Hydrogen peroxide

Question 14

Hydrogen peroxide + Fe2+

Answer 14

decomposition into two .OH

Question 15

8-oxo-guanine

Answer 15

Formed by hydroxide radical addition

Question 16

cyclise

Answer 16

one part of a molecule becomes linked to another part to form a closed ring

Question 17

Why is dopamine beta-hydroxylase called this?

Answer 17

It adds a hydroxyl group above the plane

Question 18

Acyl

Answer 18

the other bit of a carbonyl group