Lecture 5-10 Flashcards

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Name the characteristics of lipids

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  • vary widely in structure
  • defined by at least partially insoluble in water
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What is the function of lipids

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  • energy storage (triglycerides)
  • biomembrane composition: phospholipids and glycolipids
  • chemical signaling (steroids)
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What are the monomers of lipids for membrane lipids

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  • fatty acids
  • backbone molecule (glycerol)
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What does it mean if a lipid is:
- saturated
- unsaturated

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  • saturated: does not contain any C=C double bonds
  • unsaturated: contains C=C double bonds
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5
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What makes a triglyceride solid/liquid at room temp

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Degree of saturation of the lipid

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How can fatty acids vary in a phospholipid?

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  • length
  • saturation of tail
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What does it mean to be amphipathic?

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  • a molecule consisting of a hydrophobic and hydrophilic group.
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Describe the structure and function of steroids

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  • used as circulating hormones or as membrane components
  • consistent of a steroid ring steroids
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In what ways do phospholipids move within the membrane?

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  • flex (very rapid) - rotating in place
  • transverse diffusion (very slow) - moving
  • Lateral shift (rapid) -moving within the leaflet
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Why is transverse diffusion so slow?

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  • polar (hydrophilic) heads need to move through the hydrophobic tail region.
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How does the level of saturation effect fluidity of the membrane

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  • Highly saturated: increases fluidity
  • Less saturated: decreases fluidity
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How does the tail length of fatty acids affect fluidity of the cell membrane?

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  • Short chains: increases
  • long chains: decrease
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How does the number of cholesterol molecules effect membrane fluidity at low temps

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  • high: increases
  • low: decreases
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How does the number of cholesterol molecules effect membrane fluidity at high temps

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  • high number: decreases
  • low number: increases
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What is a nucleoside?

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  • the base and the sugar in the nucleotide
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What are the differences between RNA and DNA?

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  • DNA:
  • Deoxyribose sugar
  • has the thiamine base
    RNA:
  • has a ribose sugar
  • has the uracil base
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What are the pyrimidines?

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  • uracil
  • cytosine
  • thymine
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What are the purines?

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  • adenine
  • guanine
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What are the purines?

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  • adenine
  • guanine
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What is the difference in structure between ribose and deoxyribose?

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  • on C 2’, deoxyribose has ONE LESS OXYGEN than ribose
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What are DNA monomers?

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  • deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs)
  • n stands for the nitrogenous base (eg dGTP for guanine in that nucleotide)
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What are RNA nucleotides?

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  • ribonucleoside triphosphate (NTP)
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What are some functions of proteins? (4)

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  • act as enzymes
  • structure (keratin)
  • defense (antibodies)
  • movement (actin/myosin)
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What are the monomers of proteins What bonds formed between amino acids?
- amino acids - peptide bonds
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How is a peptide bond formed?
- from the N to C direction - from a condensation reaction, between the N and C of adjacent amino acids
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What is it called if it is a polypeptide with a purpose?
- proteins
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What are the 4 categories amino acids can be put in
- uncharged but polar - non polar - basic (positively charged) - proton acceptor - Acidic (negatively charged) - proton donor
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What is the primary structure of a protein?
- linear sequence of amino acids
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What is the secondary structure?
- first level of folding - stabilized by hydrogen linkages between peptide linkages - independent of R groups - a helixes and b pleated sheets as main types
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Describe the structure of keratin
- very rich a helical structure - coiled coils
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What is a prion
- misfolded proteins which induce normal versions (the wild type) of that protein to fold the same incorrect way.
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How can prions cause disease?
- misfolded protein comes out of solution, which creates plaques when proteins precipitate - causes transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) eg: mad cow disease
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Describe aspects of the tertiary structure
- unique 3D structure - final configuration of some proteins - due to interactions between R groups with each other and backbone
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What type of bonds can be formed in a tertiary structure?
- H bonds between polar side chins - H bonds between hydrophilic side chins and backbone - ionic bond between acidic and basic amino acid - hydrophobic clustering of non-polar side chains - disulfide linkages - Van Der Waals forces
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How does water influence a protein?
- it contorts the protein so that its hydrophilic R groups are on the outside and hydrophobic R groups are on the inside
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Describe aspects of the quaternary structure
- multiple polypeptide chains Held together.
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What are the relative stabilities of bimolecular forces? (Most stable - least stable)
- disulfide linkages: covalent - ionic bonds: easily made and broken - hydrogen bonds - hydrophobic clusters - Van der Vaals
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What does denaturing mean?
- removal or activation of stabilizing forces that makes it go back to the primary structure, but NO peptide bonds are broken.
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What do molecular chaperones do?
- prevent incorrect folding of a protein
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What do you call reactions that require energy?
- Biosynthetic or anabolic - linking together of smaller molecules into larger ones like condensation reactions
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What do you call reactions that release energy?
- catabolic/spontaneous - breaks down larger molecules into smaller ones like hydrolysis reactions.
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What is meant by spontaneous? (In biology terms)
- a reaction that releases energy, much of which is lost through heat.
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Key points about enzymes (2)
- will only speed up rates of existing reaction, not make a reaction happen which won’t happen. - do not effect position of equilibrium, only speed up rate of forward reaction.
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What is delta G
- difference in E between reactants and products
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How does substrate binding to active site decrease Ea (4)
- acting as a template for substrate orientation - stressing the substrate and stabilizing the transition state - providing a favorable micro environment - participating directly in the catalytic reaction.
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What is a exergonic reaction?
- a reaction that has a -delta G
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What is an endergonic reaction?
- has a positive delta G
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Describe irreversible inhibition
- permanently bind to or modify active site of enzyme, changing conc of original substrate or inhibitor has no effect. - only can make more of that enzyme to overcome this - have to increase enzyme conc to overcome this.
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Describe competitive inhibition
- inhibitor molecule binds to active site instead of substrate - prevents substrate from being converted into products. - can be overcome by increasing substrate conc or reducing inhibitor molecule conc
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Describe non competetive inhibiton
- an inhibitor moleule binds to a second active site (allosteric site) on the enzyme, which modifies the shape of the original active site, preventing substrate from being converted to products - increasing substrate conc has no effect, but can reduce inhibitor conc.
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What is Km?
- the concentration of substrate which permits the enzyme to achieve HALF of Vmax (the max rate of reaction)
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What effect does competetive inhibition effect Km?
- Vmax stays the same - Km increases
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What effect does non competetive inhibition have on Km and Vmax?
- Km stays the same. - lowers Vmax