Final Flashcards
What type of bonds are responsible for the primary structure of a protein?
amide bonds
What type of interaction would you expect between the following R groups in the tertiary structure of a protein?
Benzene and CH3-CH-CH3
hydrophobic interactions
Which group is the most soluble in water (assuming masses and number of carbons are equivalent)?
carboxylic acids
What is/are the product(s) of a neutralization reaction of a carboxylic acid?
a carboxylate salt and water
An ester is derived from
an alcohol and a carboxylic acid. (esterification)
Esters react with H2O in the presence of a strong acid to produce
carboxylic acid + alcohol (acid hydrolysis)
What are the products of the base hydrolysis of an ester?
an alcohol and a salt of a carboxylic acid
Physiologically active nitrogen-containing compounds produced by plants are called
alkaloids
What functional group is always found in alkaloids
amine
An amidation reaction is similar to a(n)
esterification reaction in which an alcohol and a carboxylic acid react to form an ester
Amides are derivatives of ________ and ________
amines, carboxylic acids
The structure of a triacylglycerol contains what components?
a trihydroxy alcohol (glycerol), which forms ester bonds to three fatty acids
Hydrolysis of a triacylglycerol results in ________
breaking of the ester bonds to form glycerol and three fatty acids
The main lipid components in cellular membranes are ________
glycerolphospholipids
___________ have a polar head and nonpolar fatty acid tails, and is the main component of cell membranes.
Phospholipids
