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1
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What is the majority of a molecule made of?

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Proteins

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2
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What’s the phenomenon that happens when 2 monomers react together?

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Condensation

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What is condensation/dehydration?

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It’s when 2 monomers react with one another and one loses an H and the other loses an OH (basically water is removed)

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What’s the reverse reaction of condensation?

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Hydrolysis

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5
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What are proteins made of?

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Amino acids

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6
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Why is folding so important in proteins?

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Folding helps create new bonds, therefore make a bigger molecule

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What are the 6 ways amino acids are classified?

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  • 5 have charged hydrophilic side chains
  • 5 have uncharged hydrophilic (polar) side chains
  • 7 have hydrophobic (nonpolar) side chains
  • Cysteine has a terminal disulfide (—S—S—)
  • Glycine has a hydrogen atom as the R group
  • Proline has a modified amino group that forms a covalent bond with the R group, forming a ring
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What differentiates proline from the other exceptions?

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It forms a ring, that includes the amino group

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What are the bonds that keep amino acids together?

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Peptide bonds

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10
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What are the common secondary structures of proteins?

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  • α-helix (alpha-helix)
  • β-pleated sheet (beta-pleated sheet)
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What is a α-helix?

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  • one single strand
  • right-handed coil
  • held together by H-bonds
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What is a β-pleated sheet?

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-A single strand that lies parallel to each other and that is pleated

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What is a tertiary structure?

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One peptide chain that is held together by

  • H-bonds
  • Disulfide bridges
  • van Der waals bonds
  • ionic bonds
  • aggregation of hydrophobic side chains
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What is a primary structure?

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A loose strand of peptide bonds

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What can affect the shape of a protein?

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  • changes in temp.
  • changes in pH
  • changes in salt concentration
  • changes in oxidation or reduction conditions
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16
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What are chaperonins for?

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Control the folding of proteins

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17
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What are carbohydrates?

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  • First source of energy
    -C molecules with H groups or hydroxyl groups
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18
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What are the 4 major categories of carbohydrates?

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  • Monosaccharides
  • Disaccharides
  • Oligosaccharides
  • Polysaccharides
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19
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What bond keeps monosaccharides together?

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Glycocidic bonds

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What are the types of monosaccharides (that I need to know)?

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  • Pentoses: includes ribose and deoxyribose
  • Hexoses: includes glucose
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What is the ratio of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in a carbohydrate?

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1 C:2 H:1 O

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What is the difference between ribose and deoxyribose?

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Ribose has an O bonded to its H but deoxyribose doesn’t

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23
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Name 2 Disaccharides.

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Sucrose and lactose

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24
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What is the job of oligosaccharides?

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  • Are on cells and act as recognition signals
  • The ABO blood types owe their specificity to them
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25
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Which glucose form is more stable?

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Ring form

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26
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What are the 3 types of polysaccharides?

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  • Starch: Storage for glucose in plants
  • Glycogen: Storage for glucose in animals
  • Cellulose (fiber): very stable, good for structure components in plants
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27
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What does hydrolyze mean?

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Breaking a molecule

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28
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What are the types of glycosidic bonds?

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alpha (α) and beta (β) glycosidic bonds

29
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Which glycosidic bond can’t be broken (hydrolyzed) by the enzymes in animals?

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β-glycosidic (beta) bonds

30
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Where is glycogen stored?

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In the liver

31
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When can polysaccharides be used as energy?

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When they are branched to another polysaccharide.

32
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What is chitin?

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  • It is a modified carbohydrate
33
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How are lipids made?

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fatty-acids + glycerol = lipids

34
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What differentiates lipids from other macromolecules?

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They do not consist of polymers

35
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What’s the second source of energy organisms?

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Fats and oils

36
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Describe glycerol and fatty acids.

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-Glycerol: 3 carbon chain with 1 hydroxyl group attached to each carbon

  • Fatty acids: Long chains of hydrocarbons (C-H) with a carboxyl group
37
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What bonds fatty acids and glycerol together?

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Ester bonds (—O—)

37
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What are saturated fatty acids?

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  • C are bonded through single bonds
  • Each C atoms have the maximum number of H that they can take (saturated with H)
38
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What are unsaturated fatty acids?

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  • Have at least one double bond
  • Not completely saturated with hydrogen
39
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Why are unsaturated fatty acids liquid?

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The cis double bond causes a bent in the molecules, which makes it harder for them to brick together

40
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Describe phospholipids.

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  • 2 hydrophobic fatty acid tails
  • 1 hydrophilic phosphate group attached to the glycerol
41
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How can the fact that phospholipids are both hydrophobic and hydrophilic be described in one word?

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Amphipathic

42
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What are steroids?

A

Signaling molecules/hormones

43
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What steroid is the base of all hormones?

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Cholesterol

44
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What are the lipid-soluble vitamins?

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A, D, E and K

45
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What vitamins are water-soluble?

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B and C

46
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Vitamin B and C can be stored in the body. True or False. Explain.

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False. They’re not lipid soluble and only lipid soluble vitamins can be stored in the body

47
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What are waxes made of?

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Saturated long fatty acids+ fatty alcohols = waxes

48
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What bond keeps wax together?

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Ester bonds

49
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What Are the most known nucleic acids?

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DNA and RNA

50
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What are the monomers of RNA and DNA?

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Nucleotides

51
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What do nucleotides consist of?

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Pentose group, phosphate group, nitrogen-containing base

52
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What sugars do RNA and DNA use?

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RNA: ribose
DNA: deoxyribose

53
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What are pyrimidines?

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Cytosine (C), Thymine (T), and Uracil (U)

54
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What are purines?

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Adenine (A) and Guanine (G)

55
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What is the backbone of RNA and DNA made of and what bonds link the structure?

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Sugars and phosphate groups which are bound by phosphodiester bonds

56
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What bases does DNA use?

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Adenine (A), Cytosine (C), Guanine (G) and Thymine (T)

57
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How are the bases paired in DNA?

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A-T and C-G

58
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How are the bases of DNA bound together?

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H-bonds

59
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Of how many strands is DNA made of?

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2

60
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What is DNA’s primary and secondary structure?

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Primary: The sequence of bases
Secondary: The 2 strands of the DNA form a double helix (opposite direction)

61
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What bases does RNA use?

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Adenine (A), Cytosine (C), Guanine (G) and Uracil (U)

62
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What are the pairs of bases for RNA?

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A-U and C-G

63
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How many H-bonds are between each pair of bases?

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A-U: 2 H-bonds
C-G: 3 H-bonds

64
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Of how many strands is RNA made of?

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1

65
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What nucleotides can catalyze?

A

Ribozymes (RNA) molecules

66
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How do RNA and DNA work?

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DNA stores information in the order of the four bases and this order is transferred to RNA, which orders the amino acids in proteins

67
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What is the job of ribose?

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Make protein

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