unit 3 aos 1 Flashcards
what are the 4 main elements and their colors
carbon- black
hydrogen- white
oxygen-red
nitrogen-blue
sulfer-yellow
phospherus-orange
what are the 4 main types of organic MOLECULES
-carbohydrates
-lipids
-proteins
-nucleic acid
-all biomacromoelcules apart from lipids
monomers vs polymers
(mono) -smallest molecule of a substance
(poly- multiple) units of monomers together
do the organic molecules
what are proteins(polypeptides)
- long chain of amino acids
- crucial to the functioning and development of all organisms
what are amino acids and its chemical structure
- building blocks of proteins
- central carbon atom, carboxyl group, amino group, r-group, hydrogen atom
protein structure
- to function properly the polypeptide/s must fold into correct shape
types of protein folding and description
-polypeptide chain- primary
-secondary
-tertiary
-quaternary
what is the protein secretory pathway
- involves various organelles that produce fold modify and package proteins before they are exported from the cell via exocytosis
steps of the protein secretory pathway
nucleus, the ribosome synthesizing it is usually
attached to the rough er
Proteins produced at ribosomes from mrna are folded in the er exit the er and are transported via vesicles to golgi apparatus, were they are modified and packaed into secretory vesicles that fuse with the cell membrane to be secreted from the cell (bulk transport)
what is exocytosis (bulk transport)
protein classification
Fiberous proteins- typically elongated and insoluable. used for STRUCTURAL PROTEINS and have little to no folding
Globular- folded and coiled into spherical tertiary and quaternary structures , generally soluable inside hydrophobic properties
what are factors that affect protein functioning (loss of shape)
- temperature
-ph range - concentration of ions and molecules that are cofactors
-often leads to protein denaturing
what are amino acids
the building blocks of proteins
what are features of dna
weak hydrogen bonds so it can split into rna
each strand runs anti parallel
what is the structure of a nucleotide
phosphate base (attaches to 5 carbon)
pentose or five carbon sugar
nitrogenous base (attaches to carbon 1)
what are the two types of nucleotide structures
Purines- (pure angels and goodness) (a,g)
Pyrimidines ( tools and cement) (T,C)
what end can nucleotides be added to
3 prime end
central dogma of molecular biology
describes the flow of genetic info in a cell
dna-rna-protein
what is a gene
the coded instructions for making a protein
do prokaryotic genes or eukaryotes contain introns
only eukaryotic
what are the three stages of gene expression in eukaryotes and hwta happens
- transcription- dna to mrna
rna processing- pre mrna to mrna
translation- decoding of mrna into amino acids forming a polypeptidechain
what happens during transcription
- initiation- rna polymerase binds to promotor region, helicase breaks weak hydrogen bonds between nitrogenous bases
elongation- rna moves along template strand building pre mrna (has introns)
termination-reaches term region and stops transcribing
Rna processing
- introns are removed via spicosome in splicing (makes pre mrna mrna)
- methyl g cap added to 5 prime end, poly a tail added to 3 prime end (stable)