TOPIC 3= CARBON AS BACKBONE OF LIFE Flashcards
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY?
STUDY OF COMPOUNDS THAT CONTAIN CARBON AND SOMETIMES HYDROGEN
ISOMERS?
COMPOUNDS W SAME MOLECULAR FORMULA BUT DIFF STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES
STRUCTURAL ISOMERS?
DIFF. COVALENTT ARRANGEMENT OF ATOMS
CIS-TRANS ISOMERS?
SAME BONDS BUT DIFF SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT
ENANTIOMERS?
ISOMERS THAT ARE MIRROR IMAGES OF EACH 0THER
BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONAL GROUPS?
HYDROXYL
CARBONYL
CARBOXYL
AMINO
SULFYDRYL
PHOSPHATE
METHYL
HYDROXYL?
OH, OR ALCOHOL
CARBONYL?
C DOUBLED BONDED TO O
CARBOXYL?
C00 AND COH
MACROMOLECULE?
POLYMERS BUILT FROM MONOMER
MONOMER?
BUILDING BLOCKS THAT REPEAT
POLYMER?
LONG MOLECULE MADE OF MANY MOLECULES
DEHYDRATION SYNTHESIS REACTION?
BUILDING POLYMER
REMOVES WATER FROM MONOMERS SO THEY JOIN
HYDROLYSIS REACTION?
DEGRADE POLYMER. SPLITS WATER TO ADD TO THE BROKEN MONOMERS
MACROMOLECULES? (3)
CARBOHYDRATES
LIPIDS
PROTEINS
GLUCOSE?
MAJOR FUEL FOR CELLS AND RAW MATERIAL TO BUILD MOLECULES, CLASSIFIED BY # OF CARBONS
GLYCOSIDIC LINKAGE?
COVALENT BOND BETWEEN TWO MONOMERS
STARCH STORAGE?
AMYLASE (UNBRANCHED)
AMYLOPECTIN (BRANCHED)
RELEASE GLUCOSE
ANIMAL POLY STORAGE?
STORED IN MUSCLE/LIVER AND HAS MULT BRANCHING
CELLOSE?
TOUGH WALL OF PLANT CELLS, STRAIGHT UNBRANCHED SUPPORT
LIPIDS ARE COMPOSED OF…?
GLYCEROL AND FATTY ACID
TRIGLYCERIDE?
3 FATTY ACIDS JOINED TO GLYCEROL BY ESTER LINKAGE
SATURATED FATTY ACID? (4)
STRAIGHT TAILS, TIGHTLY PACKED, SOLID AT ROOM TEMP, BUTTER
UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS? (2)
KINKED TAILS
LIQUIDS AT ROOM TEMP
FUNCTION OF FAT? (2)
ENERGY STORAGE, LONG TERM FOOD RESERVE IN ADIPOSE CELLS
AMINO ACID GROUPS? (2)
NON POLAR AND POLAR SIDE CHAINS
ACIDIC AND BASIC
ENZYMES?
PROTEINS THAT SPEED UP CHEM. REACT.
TYPES OF PROTEINS? (6)
DEFENSE, STORAGE, TRANSPORT, HORMONAL, RECEPTOR, STRUCTURAL
4 LEVELS OF STRUCTURE?
- PRIMARY= AA
- SECONDARY= FOLDS AND COILS IN PEPTIDE CHAIN
- TERTIARY= OVERALL 3D SHAPE OF POLYPEPTIDE
- QUATERNARY= FINAL PROTEIN
SICKLE CELL ANEMIA?
BLOOD DISORDER THAT AFFECTS OX CARRYING CAPACITY BUT DOES ALLOW RESISTANCE TO MALARIA