Lecture 2- The Cell Flashcards
What are histones?
Protein that is used as “spools” to allow efficient packaging of chromosones and DNA
How many bonds between Adenine and Thymine?
2
How many bonds between Cytosine and guanine?
3
Difference in ionic and covalent bonding
ionic - exchange of electrons (metal and non- metal)
covalent- sharig of electrons (two non-metals)
Why is there no rotation in C=C bonds?
No rotation as bonds are shorter and rigid. The atoms are on the same plane and therefore have no rotation.
What is meat by hydrophilic?
Water loving
What is meat by hydrophobic?
Water hating - repels water
What is a polymer?
collection of smaller molecules put together
what are homopolymers?
polymers made from many copies of the same molecule
What are heteropolymers?
Polymers created from different assemblies of different building blocks
What is a polymer of sugar?
Polysaccharide
What is a polymer of carbon?
Fat/lipid
What is a polymer of nucleotide bases in specific sequences?
nucleic acids
What is the name given to a polymer with 20 different amino acid in a specific sequence?
Protein
What is the simplest sugar?
Monosaccharides
Give 3 examples of monosaccharides?
Glucose, manose, galactose
What is the bond within complex sugars?
Gylcosidic
What makes up sucrose?
Glucose and Fructose
What makes up maltose?
Glucose x2
What makes up galactose?
Glucose and galactose
A short chain of large linear and branched molecules made from repeating units is know as?
Oligosaccharides