Topic 2 - Biological Molecules Flashcards

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What is Alpha Glucose?

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Structural isomer of Glucose - hydroxyl group lies below middle of carbon ring.

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What is an Amino Acid?

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Monomers that make up a Polypeptide (Protein), containing an amino group, a carboxyl group, and a variable R group.

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What is Amylopectin?

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A branched polysaccharide made of alpha glucose monomers joined by alpha-1,6 glycosidic bonds - make up starch w/ amylose.

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What is Amylose?

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A straight-chain polysaccharide made of alpha glucose monomers joined by alpha-1,4 glycosidic bonds - make up starch w/ amylopectin.

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What is the Benedict’s Test?

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Test for reducing sugars - turns substance from blue -> red in presence of reducing sugars.

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What is Beta Glucose?

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Structural isomer of Glucose - hydroxyl group lies above middle of carbon ring.

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What is the Biuret Test?

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Test for proteins - turns from blue -> purple in prescence of protein.

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What is Cellulose?

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A straight polysaccharide made of beta glucose monomers joined by alpha-1,4 glycosidic bonds - used for structure - provides strength to plant walls.

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What is Collagen?

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Type of Fibrous protein that provides strength to many different cell types + makes up connective tissues - no prosthetic groups.

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What is a Condensation Reaction?

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A type of reaction where two molecules are joined together involving the elimination of a water molecule.

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What is a Disaccharide?

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Molecules formed by the condensation of 2 monosaccharides.

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What is a Disulfide bond?

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A covalent bond formed between sulfur-containing cysteine side chains of amino acids.

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What is the Emulsion Test?

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Test for lipids - add ethanol + water to a substance, and in the prescence of lipids it will turn from colourless -> cloudy

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What is a Fibrous Protein?

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A class of long-chained proteins that are insoluble in water, and typically have strucutual roles (e.g. Collagen, Keratin.)

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What is a Globular Protein?

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A class of spherical-shaped proteins that are water-soluble and typically have metabolic roles (e.g. haemoglobin, insulin)

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What is Glycogen?

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Highly branched polysaccharide made of alpha glucose monomers that is used as the main storage of energy in humans and animals.

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What is a Glycosidic Bond?

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A bond between two monosaccharides formed by a condensation reaction.

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What is Haemoglobin?

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globular protein used to transport oxygen, made up of four polypeptide chains, each with a haem prosthetic group.

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What is a Hydrogen Bond?

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A type of bond formed between electropositive hydrogen and an electronegative atom like oxygen or nitrogen.

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What is Hydrolysis?

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A type of reaction involving the use of a water molecule that breaks the bond between two molecules.

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What is an Iodine Test?

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Test for starch - in the presence of starch iodine will turn from orange -> blue-black.

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What is the Latent heat of Vaporisation?

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The amount of energy required for a substace to turn from a liquid to a gas.

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What is a Macromolecule?

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A large molecule formed by condensation reactions between smaller molecules

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What is a Monomer?

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Smaller units from which a large chain is constructed.

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What is a Monosaccharide?

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The individual sugar monomers from which larger carbohydrates are made.

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What is a non-reducing sugar?

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a sugar that doesn’t have a free aldehyde or ketone functional group, and therefore can’t act as a reducing agent - e.g. sucrose,

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What is a peptide bond?

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The bond between amino acids formed by a condensation reaction between H of amine group of one molecule and OH of carboxylic acid group of another molecule.

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What are Polymers?

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Molecules made from large numbers of monomers joined together.

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What is a Polysaccharide?

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Molecules formed by the condensation of many monosaccharides.

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What is the Primary Structure?

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The individual sequence of amino acids in a protein.

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What is the Secondary Structure?

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The local interactions of amino acids in the polypeptide chain - either an alpha helix or a beta pleated sheet.

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What is the Tertiary Structure?

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The way that a whole protien makes a 3-D shape, with hydrogen bonds and disulfide bridges.

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What is the Quaternary Structure?

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The entire structure of proteins with multiple polypeptide chains - e.g. Haemoglobin, Immunoglobin

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What is a reducing sugar?

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A sugar with a free aldehyde or ketone group that can act as a reducing agent. (e.g. maltose, fructose, glucose.)

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What is a solvent?

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A substance which solutes are dissolved in

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What is Specific Heat Capacity?

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The amount of energy required to raise the temperatue of a substance by a specific amount.

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What is Starch?

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polysaccharide made of alpha glucose monomers that is used as the main energy store in plants.

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What is Sucrose?

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A disaccharide formed by the condensation of a fructose and a glucose molecule.

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What is a Triglyceride?

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A type of fatty acid formed by the condensation of one molecule of glycerol and 3 molecules of fatty acid.