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Final Bio Exam Flashcards

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Amphipathic

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Molecules with both polar and nonpolar regions

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Emergent Properties of Water

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1. Cohesion - polar & nonpolar interactions between molecules
2. Moderation of Temperature - high specific heat capacity
3. Insulation by Floating Ice - solid H₂O less dense compared to liquid H₂O
4. Solvent of Life - very common solvent

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Suspension

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Large particles in mixture that settle out

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What is a sphere of H₂O atoms around an ion called?

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Hydration Shell

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Emulsion

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Mixture of 2 or more liquids that don’t usually mix

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pH

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-log[H⁺]

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7
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Isomers

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Chemical compounds w/ the same formula but different structures

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Saturated

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Hydrocarbon with only single C-C bonds (has as many Hs as possible; no double C=C bonds)

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Unsaturated

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Hydrocarbon with at least one double C=C bond (does not have the maximum number of H atoms)

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Poly-unsaturated

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Hydrocarbon with multiple double C=C bonds (at least 2)

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11
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What are molecules with a hydroxyl group called?

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Alcohols

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12
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What is a molecule with a carbonyl group on the outside called?

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  • Aldehyde
  • Molecule names end with “-al”
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What is a molecule with a carbonyl group on the inside/middle (between two Cs) called?

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  • Ketone
  • Molecule names end with “-one”
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14
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What is a molecule with a carboxyl group called?

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  • Organic Acid
  • Weak Acid
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15
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What is a molecule with an amino group called?

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Amine

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What is a molecule with an amino group and a carboxyl group called?

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Amino Acid

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17
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What is a molecule with a sulfhydryl group called?

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  • Thiols
  • Ends with “-thiol”
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18
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What is a molecule with a phosphate group called?

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Organic Phosphate

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19
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What are the four macromolecules?

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  • Carbohydrates
  • Lipids
  • Proteins
  • Nucleic Acids
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20
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Sugars are denoted by:

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“-ose” in the name of a molecule

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21
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Sucrose =

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Glucose + Fructose

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22
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Lactose =

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Galactose + Glucose

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23
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Maltose =

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Glucose + Glucose

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24
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Polymers of Glucose

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  • Starch
  • Glycogen
  • Cellulose
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Properties of Starch

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  • Moderately branched
  • Used for storage in plants
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Properties of Glycogen

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  • Highly branched
  • Storage polymer for animals
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Properties of Cellulose

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  • Unbranched
  • Found in the cell wall of plants
  • Structural polymer
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29
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What are the bonds in polysaccharides?

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Glycosidic Linkage

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30
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What are the bonds in lipids?

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Ester Linkage

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31
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What are the bonds between amino acids / in proteins?

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Peptide Bonds

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32
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What are the bonds in nucleic acids?

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Phosphodiester Linkage

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33
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What are the properties of saturated fats?

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  • Usually solid
  • Arranged straight
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34
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What are the properties of unsaturated fats?

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  • Usually liquid
  • Arranged w/ kinks
  • Not good for you usually
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35
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Cis fats?

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Hydrogens are on the same side, making a bent shape

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36
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Trans fats?

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Hydrogens are on opposite sides, making a straight shape

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37
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Hydrogenation

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The process of adding hydrogen atoms to a molecule to break the double bond (process to conver unsaturated molecules to saturated ones)

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38
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Phospholipid

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  • Hydrophilic head
  • Hydrophobic tail(s)
  • Used in phospholipid bilayers
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39
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Steroid Structure

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4 Carbon rings (6C, 6C, 6C, 5C)

40
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Fat Structure

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  • 1 glycerol
  • 3 fatty acids
41
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Quaternary Structure

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Proteins with 3 or more chains/subunits

42
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Tertiary Structure

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3-D model of proteins

43
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Secondary Structures

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Structures that make up a protein (like alpha-helixes and beta-sheets)

44
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Primary Structure

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The amino acid sequence of a protein

45
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What stabilizes tertiary structure? (Interactions)

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  • Hydrogen bonds between side chains
  • Van der Waals (hydrophobic interactions)
  • Ionic Bonds
  • Disulfide Bridges
46
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Prion

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  • Misfolded Protein
  • Can induce misfolding in normal variants of the same protein, causing cell deaths
47
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Monomers of proteins?

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Amino Acids

48
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Monomers of Carbohydrates?

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Monosaccharides

49
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Monomers of Nucleic Acids?

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Nucleotides

50
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What is a nucleotide made of?

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  1. Phosphate Group
  2. Sugar
  3. Nitrogenous Base
51
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Pyrimidine

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Nitrogenous base w/ just 1 ring (6C)

52
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Which bases are pyrimidines?

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  • Cytosine (C)
  • Uracil (U)
  • Thymine (T)
53
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Purine

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Nitrogenous base w/ 2 rings (6C, 5C)

54
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Which bases are purines?

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  • Adenine (A)
  • Guanine (G)
55
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What sugar is used in RNA?

56
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What sugar is used in DNA?

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Deoxiribose

57
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How many base pairs in 1 human DNA?

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3 billion base pairs

58
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3 Domains of Life

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  • Archaea
  • Bacteria
  • Eukarya
59
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Glycocalyx

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Slime layer or capsule in bacteria and prokaryotes

60
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Nucleus

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  • Where DNA is stored
  • Nuclear Pores (holes in membrane)
  • Nuclear Membrane (double membrane) made of phospholipids and proteins
  • Contains Nucleolus, which produces rRNA (ribosomal RNA) and ribosomes
  • Controls cell activity
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Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

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  • Contains Ribosomes
  • Secretes proteins
  • Site of protein synthesis
62
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Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

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  • Produces Lipids
  • Metabolizes Carbohydrates & Steroids
  • Detoxification
  • Produces Vesicles
63
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Ribosome

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  • Large & Small Subunit
  • Produce Proteins
  • Made of rRNA and proteins
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Vesicle

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  • Phospholipid bilayer + proteins
  • Transports materials
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Golgi Apparatus

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  • Modifies lipids & proteins
  • Sends them to destinations in vesicles
66
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Mitochondrion

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  • Produces ATP
  • Site of cellular respiration
  • Has its own ribosomes & DNA (maternal)
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Lysosome

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  • Hydrolytic enzyme (involved in hydrolysis)
  • “Clean up” organelle
  • Prevents viruses and invaders
68
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Central Vacuole

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  • Only found in plant (and fungal) cells
  • Storage organelle
  • Stores water and macromolecules
69
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Chloroplast

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  • Consists of Thylakoids (light reactions) and stroma (Calvin cycle)
  • Has its own ribosomes and DNA
70
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Microtubule

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  • Part of Cytoskeleton for cell shape
  • Polymer of Tubulin
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Cytoskeleton

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Gives cell its shape

72
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Centriole

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  • Produces spindle fibers
  • Primary microtubule-organizing center
73
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Fluid Mosaic

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Mosaic of lipids (phospholipids), proteins, carbohydrates to form a membrane

74
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Glycoprotein & Glycolipid

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  • Protein/Lipid attached to oligosaccharide
  • Modified Protein/Lipid
  • Involved in cell-to-cell recognition, virus-to-cell recognition, and bacteria-to-cell recognition (entity-to-cell recognition)
75
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What is one role of cholesterol?

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To control fluidity of membrane (makes viscous ones more fluid and fluid ones more viscous)

76
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Membrane Protein Roles

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  • Intercellular joining
  • Enzyme activity
  • Transport
  • Cell-to-cell recognition
  • Signal Transduction
77
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Active Transport

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  • Uses energy from ATP to transport
  • Against the gradient
78
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Passive Transport

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  • Small molecules diffuse easily
  • Facilitated & Simple Diffusion
  • With the gradient
79
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Facilitated Diffusion

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  • Ions
  • Large and polar (even if uncharged)
80
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Simple Diffusion

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  • Hydrophobic molecules
  • Small, uncharged polar molecules
81
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Phosphorylation

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Inorganic Phosphate (from ATP hydrolysis) binds to molecule, causes a conformational change

82
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Conformational Change

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Change in the shape (and therefore the function) of a protein due to phosphorilation

83
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Dephosphorylation

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  • Loss of a phosphate group (inorganic phosphate detaches from molecule)
84
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ATP Hydrolysis

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ATP → ADP + Pᵢ
ATPase activity

85
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Bulk Transport

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  • For large molecules
  • Requires ATP
86
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Pinocytosis

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Cell eats droplets of extracellular fluid with molecules in it (nonspecific)

87
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Phagocytosis

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Eats a cell or bacteria

88
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Macrophage

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“big eater” cell eating

89
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Pseudopod

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Extension of cytoplasm around entity

90
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Receptor Mediated Endocytosis

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  • Receptors on the cell grab the molecule and then endocytosis occurs
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Metabolism

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Totality of organism’s chemical reactions

92
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Catabolic

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Reactions that break down

93
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Anabolic

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Reactions that synthesize/build

94
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Distal Phosphate Group

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Very last/one furthest away from the ATP

95
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Exergonic

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Spontaneous

96
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Endergonic

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Non-spontaneous

97
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Coupling

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Spontaneous process helps trigger non-spontaneous process

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