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1
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What are proteins usually?

A

Very large molecules.

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What is the difference between carbohydrates and lipids, and proteins in organisms?

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There are few carbohydrates and lipids in organisms and they are all very similar, where as there are many proteins in organisms and they all differ.

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3
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What differs from protein to protein?

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It’s shape.

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What group of proteins are involved in every living process?

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Enzymes.

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5
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What are amino acids?

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Basic monomer units which combine to make a polymer called a polypeptide.

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6
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What do polypeptides combine to form?

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Proteins.

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7
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How many different amino acids can occur in proteins?

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20

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8
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What central element is in every amino acid?

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Carbon.

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9
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What four things are attached to a central carbon in an amino acid?

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An amino group, a carboxyl group, a hydrogen atom and an R group.

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10
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Which group gives the amino acid the acid part of its name?

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The carboxyl group.

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Which group give the amino acid the amino part of its name?

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The amino group.

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12
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What is different in every amino acid?

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The R group.

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13
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What is the R group made of?

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A variety of different chemical groups.

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14
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What is the molecular formula of an amino group?

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NH,2

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15
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What is the molecular formula for a carboxyl group?

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COOH

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16
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What can two amino acid monomers combine to form?

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A dipeptide.

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17
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What reaction is the formation of a peptide bond?

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Condensation reaction.

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18
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What is a condensation reaction?

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The making of bonds by the removal of water.

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19
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Where is water formed from amino acids?

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An OH from the carboxyl group and H from the amino group from another amino acid.

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20
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What is the bond made between amino acids?

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Peptide bond.

21
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Where is the peptide bond formed?

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Between the carbon atom from one amino acid and the nitrogen from the other.

22
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How can a peptide bond be broken?

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By hydrolysis.

23
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What is polymerisation?

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The process of polymers being joined together.

24
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What is made when many amino acid monomers join together?

A

A polypeptide.

25
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What forms the primary structure of a protein?

A

The sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide chain.

26
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What determines a sequence of amino acids?

A

DNA.

27
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What determines a proteins ultimate shape and function?

A

The primary structure.

28
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What can a change in one amino acid in a proteins primary structure do?

A

Lead to a change in shape and may stop it carrying out its function.

29
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What is one trait of a protein?

A

It’s shape is very specific to its function.

30
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What happens in the secondary structure of a protein?

A

The long polypeptide chain is twisted into a 3D alpha helix shape and hydrogens bonds are formed.

31
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What groups in an amino acid forms hydrogen bonds in an alpha helix?

A

The NH group and the CO group.

32
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Why do hydrogen bonds formed?

A

The hydrogen in the NH group has a overall positive charge and the oxygen in the CO group has an overall negative charge.

33
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What kind of bonds are hydrogen bonds?

A

Weak bonds.

34
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What is the tertiary structure of a protein?

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A complex and specific 3D structure of folded and twisted alpha helices from the secondary structure.

35
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What maintains the tertiary structure?

A

A number of different bonds.

36
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What bonds maintain the tertiary structure?

A

Disulfide bridges, ionic bonds and hydrogen bonds.

37
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What determines where bonds occur in the tertiary structure?

A

The primary structure of the protein.

38
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What kind of bonds are disulfide bridges?

A

Strong bonds.

39
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Where are the ionic bonds formed?

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Between any carboxyl and amino group that are not involved in forming peptide bonds.

40
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What bond is weaker, disulfide bridge or ionic?

A

Ionic.

41
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How are ionic bonds easily broken?

A

By changes in pH.

42
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What does the 3D shape of the protein do?

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Makes each protein distinctive and allows it to recognise and be recognised by other molecules.

43
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How does the 3D shape of a protein interact with a molecule?

A

In a very specific way.

44
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What is the secondary structure formed as a result of?

A

Hydrogen bonding.

45
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What is the quaternary structure of a protein?

A

The combination of a number of different polypeptide chains and prosthetic groups into a large complex protein molecule.

46
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What is an example of a large complex protein molecule?

A

Haemoglobin.

47
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What are prosthetic groups?

A

Non-protein groups.

48
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What is an example of a prosthetic group?

A

Iron containing the haem group in haemoglobin.

49
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What truly determines a proteins function?

A

The sequence of amino acids that make its shape.

Biology 1 Biological Molecules (13 decks)

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