intro: Org & Bio Chem Flashcards
The application of chemistry to the study of biological processes at the cellular and molecular level.
Biochemistry
Primary Areas of biochemistry (3)
Structural and Functional
Information
Bioenergetics
- All living things make use of the same types of ___, and all use energy
- All living things make use of the same types of biomolecules, and all use energy
Levels of Structural Organization in the Human Body
Atoms -> Molecules -> Macromolecules -> Organells -> Cell -> Tissue -> Organ -> Body System
Foundations of Biochemistry (4)
Cellular Foundations
*Chemical Foundations
*Physical Foundations
*Genetic and Evolutionary Foundations
concentrated aqueous solution (enzymes,
coenzymes, RNA, inorganic ions, metabolites etc
Cytosol
Classification of prokaryotes depending of the habitats: aerobic and anaerobic
Cellular Foundations
T or F
Cells buils supramolecular structures
TRUE
T or F
Cellular make up the living organisms are mostly organic compound (biomolecules)
Most abundant elements in the cells (4)
Hydrogen
Carbon
Nitrogen
Oxygen
are group of atoms that show characteristic of physical and chemical properties
Fictional Groups
Macromolecules
Protein
Nucleic acids (DNA&RNA)
Polysaccharide
Lipids
– enzyme, structural function,
transport, signal transduction etc.
Protein
storage and transmission of genetic information
Nucleic Acids (DNA & RNA)
T or F
Polysaccharides – energy storage
True
constituent of membrane and energy storage
Lipids
provides opportunity for evolution
Mutations
generation of organic compounds under primitive atmospheric conditions
Chemical Evolution
photosynthetic bacteria and multicellular eukaryotes
Biological Evolution
• The branch of chemistry that deals with carbon compounds
Organic Chemistry
