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1
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Difference Between Archae and bacteria

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archaea are knows as extremophile, and are larger then bacteria. They also don’t have glycogen in their cell walls.

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Hydroloysis vs Condensation Rections

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Hydrolysis is the breaking of polymer chains by adding a water. Condensation reactions are formation of polymer chains by removing water

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3
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Function of Carbohydrates

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Energy storage, cell structure, and cell-cell regonition

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4
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Monomers of carbohydrates

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monosaccharides

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5
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Bond type on Carbohydrates

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glycosidic bonds

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6
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classification of fats

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3 Fatty acid chain, with glycerol backbone

- all hydrophobic

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7
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difference between saturated vs unsaturated fat

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saturated = solid at room temp, no carbon to carbon double bond

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8
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Phospholipids characterstics

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function in cell membrane
2 hc chains attached to hydrophilic phosphate head
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9
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Properties of Steroids

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  • Lipids characterized by a cholesterol backbone

- backbone of hormones

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10
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Backbone of proteins

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amino acids

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4 Categories of Proteins and their R groups

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Non - polar - R group hydrogen or carbon
Polar Uncharged R groups with OH or SH Group
Polar charged acidic (-) R groups with coo-
Polar charged basic R group with nh3+

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12
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Protein bond type

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peptide bonds covalently linked

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13
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Primary protein structure

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dictates folding

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14
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Secondary structure

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forms alpha helix and beta pleated sheet

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15
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Tertiary structure

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folding

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16
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Cholesterols function at temperatures

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high it holds them together, low it keeps them seperated

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17
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Function of Nucleus

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Store DNA, site of transcription

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18
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Function of Nucleoulis

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Ribosoaml RNA transcription

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19
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function of Nuclear envelope

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Keep nucleoplasm away from cytoplasm

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20
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What is a nucleosome

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Histone octomer

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21
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What is a solenoid

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When nucleosomes stack, requiring histone H1

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22
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1st Order of dna packaging

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Dna wraps around histones

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23
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2nd order of dan packagine

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nucleosomes stack into solenoid

24
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3rd order of dna packaging

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30 nm fiber loops off a nouhistone protein scaffold

25
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Function of rough er

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translation of proteins

26
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Function of smooth er

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Drug detox, Ion storage, translation of phospholipieds

27
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Funcction of golgi aparatus

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receives and ships cargo to destinations within endomembrane system, packages them into vesicles

28
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Function of medial layer in golfi

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Sorts cargo according to a.a. tags in proteins

29
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what is cis face

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receiving face of golgi closest to er

30
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Two models of golf trafficing

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1) Cisternal Maturation

2) Vessicle trafficing

31
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Function of Lysosome

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  • Digests phagocytosized particles, digests macromolecules
32
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what is tay sachs

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when people lack an enzyme to degrade a lipid and it builds up in lysosome

33
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three types of cytoskelton

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microtubules, microfillaments, intermediate fillaments

34
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Function & structure of microtubules

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function: compression resistance, chromosome movement, vesicle trafficking
structure: composed to tubulin dimers

35
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What is a protofilament

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tubuin dimers all polymerized

36
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Associated motor protiens

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proteins that change shape with ATP hydrolysis

37
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Microtubule assoc motor proteins

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Kinesin (+) end

Dynein (-) end

38
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Microfillament structure and function

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Structure: polymer of actin
Function: tension resistnce, muscular contractions

39
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Associated motor protein of microfillaments

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myosin

40
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intermediate filaments structure and functino

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heterogenous structure many different sub units like keratin and laminin
functions in tension resistance

41
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Function of extracelular matrix

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Cell-cell recognition

Connects cells over long distance

42
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Structure of extracellular matrix

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glycoproterins with collagen and fibronectin

43
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where does cancer occur in

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epithelial layer, caused by loss of connection to ecm

44
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Three cell junctino

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Tight junctions
desmosomes
Gap junctions

45
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Tight junction functionn

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Spot weld cells together, rivets them

46
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Desmsome function

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Connect cytoskeleton of adjacent cells via intermediate fillaments

47
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Gap junctions

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non selective transport between cells, large channel

48
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How does a heart stay coordinated

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using gap junctions and ca++

49
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Define metabolism

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all of an organisms chemical reactions

50
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Anabolism vs Catabolism

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Anabolism is building molecules and requires energy (ATP)

51
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4 ways an enzyme lowers activation energy

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1) Brings reactants closer together
2) Physically stressed bonds
3) Provides suitable micro environments
4) Hold substrates in approporiate orientations
5) May covalent bind and stabilize

52
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Hydrolysis vs Condensation

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condensation joins monomers and releases watson

53
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Carboyhydrates store what for energy and what kind of structure

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Gylcogen / start for storage

Cellulose for structure

54
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What is a structural component of bacertial cell wall

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carbohydrates

55
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what is a peptide bond

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found it proteins, a bond that covlentry joins amino acids in chains

56
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what is protein folding mainly driven by

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hydrophobic association

57
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what is the difference between dna and rna

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the type of sugar