Proteins and enzymes Flashcards

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There are ten of thousands of these in humans, they allhave a unique shape and size for different functions

A

Proteins and Amino acids

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What do proteins do?

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Dady to day functions, form structure, hair, fur, muscles and long term storage.

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3
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How do proteins communicate?

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by sending messages from one cell to another

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4
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Monomers that make up proteins

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amino acid

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5
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The forth group is called

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r group

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6
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R groups are hydrophobic. True or false

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True

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7
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a protein is created by linking amino acids with a bond called

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peptide bond

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The chain that is held together by a peptide bond, a chain of amino acids is called

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Polypeptide chain

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9
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____ are more than one polypeptide chain put together

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Final protein

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10
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proteins are made out of ___ amino acids

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20 amino acids

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11
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What can cause Proteins to unravel?

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temperature, Ph and other environment changes

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12
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When the exact shape, the protein cannot function properly

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Denaturation

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13
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Enzymes are proteins

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but proteins are not enzymes

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14
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the energy needed to start a chemical reaction

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Activation energy

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15
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What are some problems that heat can cause enzymes?

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They heat can destroy or cause other chemical reactions

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16
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compound that helps speed up a chemical reaction

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catalyst

17
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what are enzymes purpose

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they are made to speed up reactions at normal temperatures

18
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do enzymes supply energy?

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No

19
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Where the enzymes bond with a specific substance

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activation site