Lecture 1 - Building blocks And Linear Biopolymer

Question 1

What do common element of biopolymer form?

Answer 1

Backbone

Question 2

What do characteristic element form?

Answer 2

Side chains

Question 3

What re the 3 characteristics if an informational biopolymer

Answer 3

Linear, unidirectional and asymmetric

Question 4

What is the characteristic element and the common element of nucleotides?

Answer 4

Heterocyclic base and pentose sugar phosphate

Question 5

What is the difference between ribose and deoxyribose (and what is the DNA benefit from that difference)?

Answer 5

Ribose contains a OH group at 2’ and deoxyribose does not = more resistant to cleavage by hydrolysis which gives better stability.

Question 6

What does the presence of T instead of U do in DNA?

Answer 6

It makes some chemical damages easier to repair

Question 7

What is the common element of proteins?

Answer 7

COOH (carboxyl) group and NH2 (amino) group

Question 8

How many amino acids are there and what are the types?

Answer 8

There is 20 AA and they are separated in 3 categories: Hydrophobic, Hydrophilic and special

Question 9

What are the energized monomers for nucleotides and AA?

Answer 9

Nucleoside triphosphates (NTPs) and amino-acyl tRNA esters

Question 10

The Tm of DNA depends on what?

Answer 10

On proportion of G-C base pairs (higher proportion = higher Tm)