Lab 1 9/5/19 Flashcards
DNA Sequencing
How many pieces of DNA in human cells
46 chromosomes
How many autosomes in a piece of DNA
1-22 are autosomes, each piece of DNA has 44 of them
What kind of chromosome is #23
Heterosome and two versions XX- female XY -male
What does DNA do
It is a recipe for amino acid sequences
Contains all the information thatis needed to synthesize proteins within the cell
What are peptides
Short chains of amino acids 2-100
What are proteins
Long chains of 100+ amino acids
Where are proteins produces
Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
Where is DNA produces
Nucleous
What is a polymer of nucleotides
DNA is a polymer of nucleotides
What is a polymer
Long chaing of smaller units called monomers, in DNA, the nucleotides are the monomers - the basic building blocks of DNA
What 3 things are are nucleotides composed of?
Sugar
Phosphate
and a Nitrogenous Base
What is Deoxyribose
The sugar used in constructing DNA nucleotides
made of 5 carbons
Monosaccharide
What is Phosohate made of
Phospherous and Oxygen
What is a Nitrogenous Base
A single or double ring molecule composed of a Nitrogen, Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen atoms. 4 kinds exist in the DNA chain Adenine (A), Thymine ( T), Guanine (G), Cytosine (C)
What are the 4 Nitrogenous Bases
A - Adenine
T- Thymine
G- Guanine
C- Cytosine
True or False - DNA is composed of 2 chains of nucleotides
True
What is the shape of DNA referred as
Double Helix
What forms the “railings” of the DNA double helix
Phosphate and Sugars of neighboring nucleotides
What forms the links of the 2 chains of nucleotides in the double helix
Nitrogenous Bases linked to each other with hydrogen bonds
What type of bond links the Nitrogenous bases in a DNA double Helix
Hydrogen Bonds
Adenine always bonds to what? How many hydrogen bonds can Adenine form with it’s partner
Thymine
2 Hydrogen bonds
Guanine always bonds to what? How many hydrogen bonds can Guanine form with it’s partner?
Cytosine
3 Hydrogen bonds
What is the Law of Complementary Bonds
Adenine always bonds with Thymine and Cytosine always bonds with Guanine due to the number of hydrogen bonds that each nitrogenous base can make
What is a Histone
Are of DNA chain that are wrapped around eight proteins in order to make more surface area for DNA to fit in nucleus