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1
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Discovery of new knowledge, facts,
phenomena…

A

Fundamental (basic)

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Application of scientific knowledge to solve problems

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Applied

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any factor you control during an experiment
(for example – making sure that your subjects aren’t taking any
additional supplements)

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Control variable

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subset of subjects that do not receive
the experimental treatment (Vitamin C), and represent the baseline, or “business as usual”.

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Control (or control group)

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All matter is composed of…

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Atoms!

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6
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Outer most shell with high energy electrons

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Valence Shell

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7
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smallest and most fundamental unit of matter that retains the properties of an element

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atom

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8
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elements will combine 8 electrons in valence shell

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Octet Rule

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  • Tendency of an atom to attract electrons
  • ability of some elements to attract electrons (often of hydrogen atoms), acquiring partial negative charges in molecules and creating partial positive charges on the hydrogen atoms
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Electronegativity

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  • Equal sharing of electrons
  • Occurs when 2 atoms have similar electronegativity
  • No charges present
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Non-polar Covalent Bonds

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  • Unequal sharing of electrons
  • Occurs when 2 atoms differ in electronegativity
  • Partial charges exist around the atoms within the molecule
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Polar Covalent Bonds

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type of strong bond formed between two atoms of the same or different elements; forms when electrons are shared between atoms

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Covalent Bond

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charged particle that forms when atoms gain or lose electrons.

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ions

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What forms Ionic Bonds?

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Ions of opposite
charges are
attracted to each
other…

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15
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  • Ions and molecules with polar covalent bonds can attract water
    through electrical charge effects
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Hydrophilic

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Molecules unable to interact with water are excluded from the water molecules

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Hydrophobic

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non-polar molecules will tend to associate with each other when in a polar solvent like water

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Hydrophobic interactions

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Amphipathic molecules

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Phospholipids

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19
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Favorable movements for
phospholipids:

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  • Lateral diffusion
  • Rotation
  • Flexing of tails
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20
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Unfavorable movements fro phospholipids:

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Flip from one leaflet to the other

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Cell Death; signals to immune system cells to engulf the dying
cell!

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apoptosis

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22
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Experiment that demonstrated membrane
fluidity (1970)

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heterokaryons

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What makes macromolecules?

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Monomers joining together; are polymers
made by joining monomers in a
repeated, predictable manner.

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chain of monomer residues that covalent bonds link; polymerization is the process of polymer formation from monomers by condensation

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polymer

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smallest unit of larger molecules that are polymers

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monomers

26
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Assembled Macromolecules

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cells

27
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■ Join to make molecules
■ Join to make macromolecules
■Come together to make structures / organelles
■ come together to make cells

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  • Atoms
  • Molecules
  • Macromolecules
  • Organelles
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  • Proteins
  • catalyst in a biochemical reaction that is usually a complex or conjugated protein
  • catalysts that increase the rate of a
    chemical reaction.
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Enzyme

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Proteins Monomer?

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Amino Acids

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Used to categorize amino acids

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R-groups

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the order of the amino acids in the polypeptide

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Level One; Primary Structure

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formed by hydrogen bonding between the non-variable parts of non-adjacent amino acids

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Level Two, Secondary structure: (local structure)

33
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Determined by…
- interactions between side chains (R groups) of different amino acids within one polypeptide
- Interactions between side chains and the environment

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Level Three, Tertiary structure:
(3D structure of 1 peptide chain)

34
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Determined by…
- Interactions between side chains (R groups) of different amino acids in different polypeptides.
- The individual polypeptide chains are
called subunits, and often the multisubunit protein complex only functions once the subunits come together.

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Level Four, Quaternary structure:
(3d shape of multiple peptide chains)

35
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Are proteins dynamic or rigid?

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Dynamic

36
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energy necessary for reactions to occur

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Activation Energy

37
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increases the rate of a chemical reaction

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Catalyst

38
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all enzymes bound to substrate

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Enzyme saturation

39
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a measure of the rate (velocity) of an enzymecatalyzed reaction under specific conditions

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Vmax

40
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phosphorylation

A

Covalent modulation

41
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Monomers of Nucleic Acids

A

Nucleotides

42
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What are the components of a nucleotide

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  • Phosphate group
  • 5-carbon (pentose) sugar
  • Nitrogenous base
43
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S and R strain into mice

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The Griffith experiment (1928)

44
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Using enzymes to destroy stuff; To test whether protein, DNA, or RNA is the heritable macromolecule, scientists selectively destroy one at a time

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The Avery Experiment (1944)

45
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Showing the size and abundance of DNA or RNA.

A

Gel electrophoresis

46
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Making many copies of a selected
piece of DNA (gene)

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Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

47
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Determining (“reading”) the exact nucleotide sequence of a gene, or another piece of DNA.

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DNA sequencing

48
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expressing genes into products

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The Central Dogma of biology

49
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serve the function of coding for a protein

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Messenger RNAs (mRNAs)

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Codons?

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Ex. UUU and GUA

51
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Further explain translation; how we know what codons make what amino acids

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Nirenberg and Leder (1964)

52
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passive transport process of low-molecular weight material according to its concentration gradient

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Diffusion

53
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Does diffusion require energy

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Nope! It is passive, occurs from high to low gradients

54
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What creates a gradient?

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Different Concentrations on Either Side of Membranes

55
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the energy that is available to do “work”

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Free energy/Gibbs Free Energy

56
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state at which the total free energy is 0

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Equilibrium

57
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What influences the movement of ions (charged particles)?

A

chemical concentration and charge

58
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based on the concentration gradient (move from high to low)

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chemical driving force

59
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based on a difference in charge across the membrane (movement occurs because ions are attracted to opposite charge)

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electrical driving force

60
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has both hydrophilic and hydrophobic parts

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Amphipathic

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