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PODT- Genetics and Cell Biology > Lecture 2- The Cell > Flashcards

Lecture 2- The Cell Flashcards

1
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What are histones?

A

Protein that is used as “spools” to allow efficient packaging of chromosones and DNA

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2
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How many bonds between Adenine and Thymine?

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2

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3
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How many bonds between Cytosine and guanine?

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3

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Difference in ionic and covalent bonding

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ionic - exchange of electrons (metal and non- metal)

covalent- sharig of electrons (two non-metals)

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5
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Why is there no rotation in C=C bonds?

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No rotation as bonds are shorter and rigid. The atoms are on the same plane and therefore have no rotation.

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6
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What is meat by hydrophilic?

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Water loving

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7
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What is meat by hydrophobic?

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Water hating - repels water

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8
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What is a polymer?

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collection of smaller molecules put together

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what are homopolymers?

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polymers made from many copies of the same molecule

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10
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What are heteropolymers?

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Polymers created from different assemblies of different building blocks

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11
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What is a polymer of sugar?

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Polysaccharide

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12
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What is a polymer of carbon?

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Fat/lipid

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13
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What is a polymer of nucleotide bases in specific sequences?

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nucleic acids

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14
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What is the name given to a polymer with 20 different amino acid in a specific sequence?

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Protein

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15
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What is the simplest sugar?

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Monosaccharides

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16
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Give 3 examples of monosaccharides?

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Glucose, manose, galactose

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17
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What is the bond within complex sugars?

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Gylcosidic

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18
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What makes up sucrose?

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Glucose and Fructose

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19
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What makes up maltose?

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Glucose x2

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20
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What makes up galactose?

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Glucose and galactose

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21
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A short chain of large linear and branched molecules made from repeating units is know as?

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Oligosaccharides

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22
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A large chain of large linear and branched molecules made from repeating units is know as?

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Polysaccharides

23
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What is gylocen?

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A polysaccharide in the storage form of glucose (stable)

24
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What does insulin do?

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Converts blood glucose to glycogen

25
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What happens when you are starving?

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Glycogen is converted to blood glucose

26
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What is the function of glycoproteins?

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  1. Prevents blood cells sticking together
  2. Cell communication
  3. Cellular identity?
27
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What does amphipathic mean?

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Contains both hydrophillic and hydrophobic regions?

28
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What does the tightness of the packing of the membrane correspond to?

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The fluidity

29
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How many base pairs in the human genome?

30
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Code for aspartic acid

31
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Code for glutamic acid

32
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Code for arginine

33
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Code for Lysine

34
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Code for histdine

35
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Code for Asparagine

36
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Code for serine

37
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Code for threonine

38
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Code for Tyrosine

39
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Code for alanine

40
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Code for glycine

41
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Code for valine

42
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Code for Leucine

43
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Code for isoleucine

44
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Code for Proline

45
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Code for Phenylalanine

46
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Code for methionine

47
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Code for tryptophan

48
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Code for Cysteine

49
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What is a Zwitterion?

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A compound with no overall charge, but which contains separate parts which are positively and negatively charged.

50
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Structure of Protein

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Primary (Amino acid sequence-covalent bonds)
Secondary (a-helix, b-sheet-H-bonds)
Tertiary (3D structure of the protein-hydrophobic bonds)
Quaternary (multi-protein complex)

51
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Examples of protein folding gone wrong?

A

CF and Alzheimers disease

52
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What is CF

A

Mutations in the Cl ion channel causing misfolding of the channel that prevents the correct Cl- transport

53
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What causes Alzhiemers disease?

A

Misfolding and aggregation of a protein called beta -amyloid

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