Exam 1 - Chapter 5 p2

Question 1

proteins

Answer 1

amount for more thatn 50% of dry mass, most abundent and diverse of biomolecules

Question 2

enzymes

Answer 2

proteins that catalyze or speed up chemical reactions

Question 3

protein monomers

Answer 3

amino acids, peptides, polypeptides, peptide bonds

Question 4

amino acids

Answer 4

• 20 types

- Structure=central carbon, amino group, carboxyl group, hydrogen atom, r group

Question 5

protein structure

Answer 5

-primary=sequence of amino acids
-secondary=localized folding
-tertiary=global folding 3d structures
=quaternary-multiple peptides

Question 6

nucleic acids

Answer 6

important information carriers and energy carriers in cell

Question 7

nucleic monomers

Answer 7

nucleotides, polynucleotides

Question 8

nucleotides

Answer 8

atp, adp and dna/rna nucleotides

Question 9

polynucleotides

Answer 9

dna and rna strands

Question 10

dna to dna pairing

Answer 10

at-cg

Question 11

dna to rna pairing

Answer 11

au,-ta-cg

Question 12

ran to rna pairing

Answer 12

au-cg

Question 13

gene expression

Answer 13

• dna is transcribed into mrna

- mran is translated into protein