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1
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What are the 4 macromolecules?

A

carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids

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2
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What is a long molecule consisting of many similar building blocks?

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polymer

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3
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What are the repeating units that serve as building blocks?

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monomers

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4
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What is the macromolecule that does not have “conventional” polymers?

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lipids

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5
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What is the monomer for proteins?

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amino acids

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6
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What is the monomer for carbohydrates?

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monosaccharide

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7
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What is the polymer for nucleotides?

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nucleic acids

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8
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What do triglycerides make up?

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fats

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9
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What do diglycerides make up?

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phospholipid bilayer

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10
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Are steroids still monomers?

A

YE BOI

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11
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A ____ reaction makes a bond.

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dehydration

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12
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A ____ reaction breaks a bond.

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hydrolysis

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13
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How are monosaccharides classified by?

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The location of the carbonyl group or the number of carbons in the carbon skeleton.

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14
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What is the function of a 3 carbon monosaccharide?

A

respiration

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15
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What is the function of a 5 carbon monosaccharide?

A

in nucleic acids

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16
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What is the function of a 6 carbon monosaccharide?

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fuel source, polysaccharide building blocks.

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17
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What bonds monosaccharides together?

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glycosidic linkage

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18
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glucose+glucose=

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maltose

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19
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glucose+frutose=

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sucrose

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20
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what is starch?

A

energy storage in plants

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21
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what is glycogen?

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short term energy storage in animals (liver and muscle mainly)

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22
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what is cellulose?

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plant cell wall

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23
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The architecture and function of a polysacccharide are determined by?

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its sugar monomers and the positions of its glycosidic linkages

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24
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What linkages are in cellulose?

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beta linkages

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25
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What is the unifying feature in all lipids?

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they are hydrophobic

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26
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Why are lipids hydrophobic?

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they consist of hydrocarbons which are nonpolar

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27
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What are fats made of?

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glycerol and 3 fatty acids

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28
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what is a three carbon alcohol with a hydroxyl group attached to each carbon in fats?

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glycerol

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29
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what consist of a carboxyl group attached to a long hydrocarbon skeleton in fats?

A

fatty acids

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30
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What are the bonds in lipids?

A

ester linkages

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31
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What is a saturated fatty acid?

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has the max amount of hydrogen atoms and no double bonds

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32
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what is an unsaturated fatty acids?

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one or more double bonds, cis double bond causes bending

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33
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what is a major function of triglycerides?

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energy storage

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34
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What charge does a phospholipid have?

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negative

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35
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What is in a phospholipid?

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2 fatty acids and a phosphate group attached to glycerol

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36
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a phospholipid has a ____ head and a ____ tail.

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hydrophilic, hydrophobic

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37
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What are lipids characterized by a carbon skeleton consisting of 4 carbon rings?

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steroids

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38
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Which steroid is a component in animal cell membrane and a precursor from which other steroids are synthesized?

A

cholesterol

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39
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What are enzymatic proteins?

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they speed up chemical reactions

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40
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what are defensive proteins?

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they protect against disease

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41
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What are storage proteins?

A

they store amino acids

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42
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what are transport proteins?

A

they transport substances (in cell membrane)

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43
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what are hormonal proteins?

A

they coordinate an organisms activities

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44
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what are receptor proteins

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they repsond to chemical stimuli of the cell

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45
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what are contractile and motor proteins?

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they move (cilia, flagella)

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46
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what are structural proteins?

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they support (hair, feathers)

47
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What is the difference between a polypeptide and a protein?

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a protein is made up of polypeptide chains

48
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How do amino acids differ?

A

through their r groups

49
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What are amino acids made up of?

A

r, amino and carboxyl groups

50
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What are the 3 important amino acids i should know and why?

A

Cysteine b/c it has sulfide
Glycine b/c is has no r group
Proline b/c its r group engages the carbon backbone

51
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what are the negatively charged amino acids?

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aspartic acid and glutamic acid

52
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what are the positively charged amino acids?

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lysine, arginine, and histidine

53
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Amino acids are linked by?

A

peptide bonds

54
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The amino end of a polypeptide is also called _ terminus

A

N

55
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The carboxyl end of a polypeptide is called c ____

A

terminus

56
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What does the sequence of amino acids dictate?

A

a protein’s 3-d structure

57
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What does a protein’s structure dictate?

A

its function

58
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What is primary structure?

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a unique sequence of amino acids

59
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what is secondary structure?

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consist of coils and folds in the polypeptide chain (alpha helix and beta pleated)

60
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what is tertiary structure?

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the overall shape of a polypeptide, determined by interactions among side chains on a single polypeptide chain

61
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what is Quaternary structure?

A

multiple polypeptide chains

62
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what is denaturation?

A

the loss of a proteins native structure

63
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what are protein molecules that assist the proper folding of other proteins

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chaperonin

64
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what are nucleic acids?

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the macromolecules in cells that store, transmit, and help express hereditary information

65
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what are the 2 types of nucleic acid?

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dna and rna

66
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what is the function of dna?

A

contain and store our hereditary information in hereditary units called genes. they trasmit the information to daughter cells

67
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what is the function of rna?

A

they assist in the experssion of hereditary information. dna to rna to proteins

68
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what does a nucleotide include?

A

nitrogeneous base, pentose sugar, and one or more phosphate group

69
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what is a nucleotide called with its phosphate group?

A

nucleoside

70
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what are the pyrimidines?

A

cytosine, thymine (uracil in rna), have a 6 membered ring, 2 rings

71
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what are the purines?

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adenine and guanine, have a 5 membered ring

72
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what is the linkage for nucleotides?

A

phosphodiester linkage

73
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how are base pairs joined?

A

by hydrogen bonds

74
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what is antiparallel in in dna?

A

the backbones run in opposite 5’-3’

75
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What are scanning electron microscopes?

A

they focus a beam of electrons onto the surface, providing a 3d image

76
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how do transmission electron microscopes work?

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they focus a beam of electrons through a specimen, looks like a cross section

77
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what is cell fractionation?

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it takes cells apart and separates the major organelles from one another

78
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what domains consist only of prokaryotic cells?

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bacteria and archaea

79
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protists, fungi, animals, and plants all consist of ____ cells.

A

eukaryotic

80
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what are some characteristics of a eukaryotic cell?

A

dna in a nucleus that is bound by a membranous nuclear envelope, membrane bound organelles, cytoplasm

81
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what is a selective barrier that allows sufficient passage of oxygen, nutrients, and waste to service the cell?

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plasma membrane

82
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what does messenger rna do?

A

it carries information from the nucleus to cytoplasm and interacts with ribosomes in the making of proteins

83
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what contains most of the cell’s genes?

A

nucleus

84
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what encloses the nucleus, separating it from the cytoplasm

A

nuclear envelope

85
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is the nuclear membrane a double membran

A

YEA

86
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What are ribosomes?

A

complexes made of ribosomal rna and protein, they are protein factories

87
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where do ribosomes carry out protein synthesis?

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cytosol, on ER, and nuclear envelope

88
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what does the endomembrane system do?

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regulates protein traffic and performs metabolic functions in the cell

89
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the endomembrane system consists of ?

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nuclear envelope, ER, golgi, lysosomes, vacuoles, plasma membrane

90
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How does the endomembrane system work together?

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direct fusion or connected via transfer by vesicles or transient fusion/fission

91
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what are the main functions of the golgi?

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modifies products of the ER and sorts/packages materials into transport vesicles

92
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in what environment do lysosomes work best?

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acidic

93
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what is the function of a lysosome?

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to digest macromolecules

94
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what is autophagy?

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recycling the cell’s own organelles and macromolecules (eat yoself)

95
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what is a peroxisome?

A

it produces hydrogen peroxide and converts it into water

96
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what is mitochondria?

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the site of cellular respiration, uses oxygen to generate atp

97
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what are chloroplasts?

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sites of photosynthesis

98
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how are mitochondria and chloroplasts similar?

A

double membrane, contains dna, reproduce independently

99
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what are the folds in mitochondria called?

A

cristae

100
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what organelle has a triple membrane?

A

chloroplast

101
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what is the function of the cytoskeleton?

A

its a network of protein fibers that organizes structures and activities

102
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what three structures make up the cytoskeleton?

A

microtubules, microfilaments, intermediate filaments

103
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what are microtubules?

A

they are thick and hollow, permanent and dynamic

104
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what are microfilaments?

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thin and not hollow, permanent and dynamic

105
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what are intermediate filaments?

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permenant

106
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what do animal cells secrete?

A

extra cellular matrix

107
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what are glycoproteins?

A

proteins with sugar

108
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what are proteoglycans?

A

sugar with protein

109
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how do neighboring cells communicate?

A

through physcial contact

110
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what is plasmodesmata?

A

channels that perforate plant wall, communication

111
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what are tight junctions?

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membranes of neighboring cells are pressed together, preventing leakage of extracellular fluid

112
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what are desmosomes?

A

anchoring junctions, fasten cells together into strong sheets

113
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what are gap junctions?

A

communicating junctions, provide cytoplasmic channels between adjacent cells

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