U1 QUIZ 2 Flashcards
The functional group that can cause an organic molecule to act as an acid is?
COOH
CH4 is the formula for:
methane
The molecule CH3OH represents:
Hydroxyl
What has a double bond in its carbon skeleton
C3H8
CH4
C2H4
What is CH3COOCH3
Keytone
CH3(CH2)16COOH is the formula for:
A fatty acid
Dehydration synthesis is a process that involves:
The removal of a water molecule
To connect bonds between amino acids to from a polypeptide chain
Organic Chemistry is defined as:
The study of carbon compounds
What ending makes things an amino acid
“ine”
An unsaturated fat has:
Double bonds
Has oxygen
Has food value
What end if a phospholipid molecule is easily soluble in water?
the hydrophilic head
What additional levels of the protein structure does the primary structure determine ?
All of them
How many different polypeptides, each three amino acids long can be made from 4 different amino acids?
4^3=64
How can you tell something is a peptide linkage?
NH2 (Amino) and COOH (acid)
Which group of atoms is always apart of a fatty acid?
COOH ACIDDDD