Midterm Flashcards
how does the cell membrane maintain life
uses selective permeability to maintain gradients and inequilibrium
metabolism (catabolism vs anabolism)
all chem reactions that maintain cell life.
catabolism: breakdown of molecules to obtain energy
anabolism: synthesis of all compounds need by cell
attributes of all living organisms (7)
cell membrane, metabolic processes facilitated by enzymes, spend energy, react to stimuli, reproduction, mutability, non-equilib (selective permeability)
stereoisomer, chiral center, enantiomer
stereoisomer: 2 molecules w same formula and f.g. but cannot be superimposed
chiral center: center of asymmetry
enantiomer: mirror image
end of monosacharride
carbon of aldehyde or ketone (lowest number convention)
reaction of monosaccharide
- reaction with aldehyde or ketone (hemiacetal/hemiketal product)
- linear to ring structure forms
glycosidic bond
- dehydration synthesis reaction
- join monosacc/longer sugar chains
forms di,oligo,polysaccharides - in acidic environment
central dogma of molecular biology
DNA-(transcription)->RNA-(translation)->protein (amino acid)
nucleotide vs nucleoside
nucleotide: sugar ribose+base+phosphate
nucleoside: sugar ribose+base
nitrogenous bases (5)
pyrimidine: C, T (DNA), U (RNA)
purine: A, G
define deoxy-ribo-nucleic-acid
deoxy: without oxygen on 2’ carbon of ribose
ribo: ribose sugar
nucleic acid: nucleotide
acid: acidic phosphate group
why does DNA have double helix?
- strands oriented is opposite direction
- complementary base pairs
- H bond bw bp
- VDW bw stacked bases
heterochromatin vs euchromatin
hetero: when cells not dividing (interphase), chromosones are more packed
euchro: less condensed (in prokaryotes)
denaturation, annealing, melting
denat: DNA strand seperation, w/ or w/out T chnage
annealing: upon cooling, some/all complementary strands re establish
melting: seperation above given T
DNA melting curve, DNA melting temperature
- dna absorbs more light when it denatures
- T as which slope of absorbance is steepest
result of RNA annealing
- forms double helical and complex 3D structure
- tRNA (transfer)
- rRNA (ribosome)
tRNA vs rRNA
tRNA: 3D cloverleaf created by local annealing of nucleotides
rRNA: 3D in ribosome, part of catalytic rxn to make protein (active site of ribosome)
interactions that stabilize DNA (4)
- hydrophobic effect
- H bond bw bp
- base stacking
- ionic int bw neg phosphate backbone and ions in solution
peptide bond
- between carboxyl and amino group
- condensation/dehydration synthesis
pKa and acidity
pKa incr, Ka decr, acidity decr
pH>pKa vs pH
pH>pKa (basic): fg deprot ie acts as acid
pH
buffer selection
- capacity highest when pH=pKa
- low slope regions: low pH changes
isoelectric point
pH at which the average charge of a solution containing the amino acid is neutral
secondary structure
- h bond within backbone of one strand
- alpha helix
- beta sheet (parallel vs antiparallel)