Organic Flashcards
6 Carbon Aldoses
Glucose
Mannose
Galactose
6 Carbon Ketose
Fructose
5 C
Ribose
5 Stages of Protein Synthesis
1 Activation of tRNA 2 Initiation 3 elongation 4 Termination 5 folding & post translational processing
Amino Acid structure
C with amino group (NH3+) & carboxylic acid (COOH) & H & side group
C-OH
Alcohol
-ol
C-O-C
Ethers
___oxy
___ ____ ether
C / C=O \ C
Ketone
-one
REQ
rate of CO2 production / rate of 02 consumption
o glucose 3.8 kcal/gram REQ 6/6= 1
o fat 9kcal/g REQ 16/23=.7
Amino Acid naturally occurring
L amino acids, R&L versions of all amino acids besides glycine
soluble in H2O
Negative Polar side groups
aspartic acid, glutamic acid
Positive Polar side groups
histidine (all contain nitrogen)
arginine
lysine
Uncharged Polar side groups
threonine, tyrosine
serine
asparagine, glutamine,
RNA: differs from DNA in 3 respects
single stranded
Uracil (U) in place of thymine (T)
Ribonucleic acid as backbone, rather than deoxyribonucleic acid