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It is made up of Phospolipids |
Cell membrane |
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The removal of water links the monomer and turns it into polymers forming new bond |
Dehydration |
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Adding water, breaks longer molecules turning them into shorter molecules forming monomers |
Hydrolysis |
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Basic unit of Carbohydrates |
Monosaccharides |
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Most common monosaccharide |
Glucose |
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Forms by the glycosidic linkage |
Disaccharides |
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3 - 10 monomers chains sometimes sometimes attached to protein forming glycoprotein |
Olygosaccharides |
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Examples of monosaccharides |
Ribose, glucose, and fructose |
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A special monossacharides, sugar present in DNA molecule |
Ribose |
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It is a simple sugar |
Monosaccharides and Disaccharides |
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Provides energy in sprouting seeds; beer brewers also use it to promote fermentation |
Disaccharide maltose or maltose |
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Are long chains of carbohydrates, support cells and organisms (cellulose, chitin); store energy (starch, glycogen) |
Polysaccharides |
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Major component of the tough wall of plant cells |
Cellulose |
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Cellular structure know as |
Plastids |
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It is a monomer of Glucose |
Glycogen |
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It is composed of amyloplast |
Starch |
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The 2nd most common polysaccharides, forms the exoskeleton of anthropods |
Chitin |
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It is important in Immunity. It is also composed of protein and carbohydrate chains that are found in blood. |
Glycoproteins |
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It is the formation of glycogen that can be found in our liver and the muscle cells of animals. |
Glycogenesis |
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Is the process of glycogen breakdown that occurs in the liver and hormones are glycogon and ephinephrine |
Glycogenolysis |
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Is the production of glucose from non-carbohydrate also occurs in the liver and kindney |
Gluconeogenesis |
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Organic Compounds with one property in common, a non-polar |
Lipids |
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Two groups of Lipids |
Triglycerides and steriods |
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More commonly known as fats |
Triglycerides |
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Are another class of lipids. They have a four-ring structure |
Steriods |
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What can be formed when a removal of water occurs? |
triacyglycerol |
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Single bonds connect all the carbon and each carbon has two hydrogens -- Bacon fat and butter are example of this |
Saturated Fatty Acid |
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Has at least one double bond between carbon atoms -- example of this is an Olive oil |
Unsaturated Fatty Acid |
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Are unsaturated fats whose fatty acid tails are straight and not kinked - common in fast foods |
Trans Fat |
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Forms most of the fat in human adults |
Adipose Tissue |
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Formation of lipids, breakdowns of fats |
Lipogenesis |
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Obtains energy from fats |
Lipolysis |
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Converted into fatthy acyl CoA |
Fatty Acid oxidation |
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Is a chain of monomers called amino acids |
Protein |
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Creates identical DNA strands |
Replication |
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Works in Nucleus and ribosomes |
Protein synthesis |
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Converts DNA into messenger RNA |
Transcription |
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Decodes DNA into mRNA into amino acids forming protein essential for the fuctions |
Translation |
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Large proteins are broken into smaller pieces called, happens in small intestine |
Proteolysis |
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Excess ammonia in the body produces urea in the |
Urea Cycle |
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Are produced from the breakdown of Amino Acids |
Ammonium ions |
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Binds to amino acids together forming dipeptide (covalent bond & peptide bond) |
Dehydration reaction |
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Dipeptides and polypeptides break down into individual amino acids |
Hydrolysis Reaction |
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This sequence determines all subsequent structural levels - sequence of a polypeptide chain |
Primary Structure |
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These interactions fold the chain of amino acids into coils, sheets and loops - hydrogen bond |
Secondary Structure |
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The bond between amino acid |
Peptide Bond |
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Break down of amino acid takes place in the ____ and ___ of the ___ and ___ |
Mitochondria, cytoplasm; Liver, cells |
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Present in pancreatic Hormone - Primary structure |
Insulin |
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Delivers to the muscle cells -- it is composed of tertiary structure |
Myoglobin |
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Structures result from interactions between multiple polypeptide subunits of the same protein |
Quaternary structure |
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Example that exhibits quaternary structure |
Collagen and Hemoglobin |
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Fibrous protein that has a three-identical helical polypeptide |
Collagen |
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The oxygen binding protein of red blood cells. Is a globular protein that consists of four polypeptide heme |
Hemoglobin |
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It disrupts the hydrogen bond that maintains protein shape |
Heat |
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What are the protein types and functions? |
Hormonal Proteins (coordination of organism activities); Structural Protein (support); Transport proteins (transport of substances); Defensive Proteins (protection against disease); Enzymatic Proteins (selective acceleration of chemical reaction); Receptor Proteins (response of the cell to chemical stimuli); Contractile (Movement) |
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Are proteins that act as a catalyst to speed up chemical reaction |
Enzymes |
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Factors affecting enzyme activity |
Concentration, pH and temperature |
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A digestive enzyme in the human stomach |
Pepsin |
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A digestive enzyme residing in the more alkaline environment |
Trypsin |
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The energy required to change the reactant |
Activation Energy |
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Carry genetic Information - nucleotides |
Nucleic Acid |
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Three parts of nucleotides |
Phosphate, Nitrogenous bases, five carbon sugar |
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DNA and RNA both incorporate what? |
Adenine, cytosine and guanine |
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only DNA uses what? |
Thymine |
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Only RNA uses what? |
Uracil |
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Lacks of oxygen |
Deoxyribose |
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Has oxygen |
Ribose |
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Generates and hydrolyzes DNA and RNA molecule |
Metabolism |
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Consist of sugar, one or more phosphate groups and one of several nitrogenous base |
Nucleotide |
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Double Helix Structure |
DNA |
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Single-stranded |
RNA |
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Store genetic information |
DNA |