Week 1 Flashcards
Charged
Fully charged positive or negative
Covalent bond
Holds molecules together
Dipole
Has a partially positive and partially negative end
Eukaryote
Organism has cells with a defined nucleus
homeostasis
maintenance off a relatively constant internal environment
Hydrophilic
Water liking/soluble in water
Hydrophobic
water hating/insoluble in water
Polar
Partly or fully charged with a dipole
Prokaryote
Single celled organism without a nucleus
Base Pairing
Complementary hydrogen bonding potentials means C/G A/T A/U form pairs
Capillary action
Ability of liquid to flow in narrow spaces, even againt gravity
Hydrogen bond
Attraction between partially electronegative and electropositive atom in the form O-H, N-H
Nucleotide
Base + sugar + phosphate
Nucleobase
A T U C G
Purine
Double ring, flat aromatic base ( A G )
Pyrimidine
Single Ring flat aromatic base ( C T U)
Aromatic rings
Alternating single and double bond, flat and have absorbance in the UV
Biopolymer
Polymeric substance occurring in a living organism
N-Glycosidic bond
Covalent bond between sugar and base in RNA/DNA
Peptide bond
Covalent bond between amino acids in peptides and proteins which is planar and rigid
Phosphodiester bond
Covalent bond between nucleotides in RNA/DNA
Residue
Generic name for a subunit in a polymer