Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules Flashcards

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4 macromolecule classes

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  1. Lipids (only one that is not a polymer)
  2. Carbohydrates
  3. Nucleic acids
  4. Proteins
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Polymer

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Long molecule made of repeating similar subunits

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Monomer

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Individual building block

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How are polymers made and degraded?

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By enzymes through dehydration and hydrolysis reactions

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General overview of lipids

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  • Hydrophobic
  • Not polymers
  • Functions in cell structure, energy storage and cell signalling
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Fat biological makeup

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Fatty acids bonded to a glycerol

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Saturated fats

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  • Have single bonds
  • Solid at room temperature
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Unsaturated fats

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  • Have double and single bonds
  • Liquid at room temperature
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Phospholipids

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Amphipathic molecule that form the basis of cell membranes

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Phospholipids biological makeup

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2 fatty acids and a phosphate group covalently bonded to a glycerol

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Steroids biological makeup

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Consist of four fused rings

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Carbohydrates functions

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  • Energy generation and storage
  • Raw material for biological molecules
  • Cell and organism structure
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Carbohydrates simple definition

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Monomers and polymers of sugars

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Monosaccharide

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  • Simple sugar monomer
  • 3 to 8 carbon atoms
  • Chemical formula that is a multiple of CH2O
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Disaccharide

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  • Two monosaccharides connected via covalent glycosidic linkages
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Polysaccharide

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Polymer of ten to thousands of monosaccharides joined by glycosidic linkages

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Nucleic acids

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  • Polymers of nucleotides
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA)
  • Genetic material of all life on Earth
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Nucleotide

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Has a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar and a phosphate molecule

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What is the sugar in RNA?

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What is the sugar in DNA?

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Deoxyribose

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Pyrimidines

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Nitrogenous base that consists of one ring

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Purines

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Nitrogenous base that consists of 2 fused rings

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How are nucleotides connected?

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via phosphodiester linkages in nucleic acid

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What is the function of nucleic acids?

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Storage and transmission of hereditary information

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What is a gene?
A stretch of DNA encoding a specific RNA or protein
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What is gene expression?
The production of RNA, and then protein, from a gene
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What are proteins/polypeptides made up of?
Polymers of amino acids
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Amino Acids
- 20 amino acids - 4 features: alpha-carbon, amino group, carboxyl group and a side chain
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4 different categories of side chains found in amino acids
1. Non-polar side chains 2. Polar side chains 3. Negativity charged side chains 4. Positively charged side chains
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What is the bond between amino acids called?
Peptide bonds
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Primary (protein organization)
Linear chain of amino acids
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Secondary (protein organization)
- Regions stabilized by hydrogen bonds between atoms of the polypeptide backbone - Alpha helix and Beta pleated sheets
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Tertiary (protein organization)
3D shapes stabilized by interactions between amino acid side chains
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Quaternary (protein organization)
Association of two or more polypeptides
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Which nitrogenous bases are pyrimidines?
- Thymine - Cytosine - Uracil
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Which nitrogenous bases are purines?
- Adenine - Guanine