Practice Questions Flashcards
Name/ list the monosccharides
glucose, galactose, fructose
which functional groups are found at the end of a fatty acid?
carboxyl
Which of the following properties of water is hydrogen bonding responsible for?
Surface tension
solid water being less dense than liquid water
adhesion
boiling point
Most polysaccharides are composed of
hexose
Which type of bonds maintains the alpha-helix shape of secondary protein structure?
Hydrogen Bonds
What is Glycogen?
A polysaccharide used to store sugar in animals
Which three components make up a nucleotide?
Sugar phosphate nitrogenous base
How does DNA differ from RNA
Double stranded
Deoxyribose sugar
Which polysaccharides contains -glucose subunits in a linear unbranched arrangement?
Cellulose
What are the functions of protein
Movement of molecules into cells
Energy storage
Catalyze chemical reactions
Structural support
The hydrolysis of a dipeptide results in the production of which of the following?
2 amino acids
The process of denaturation in proteins involves:
The disruption of the secondary and tertiary structures while maintaining the primary structure.
