Bio Flashcards

BioChem (69 cards)

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Chemical Bond

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The attraction between 2 atoms resulting from sharing or transfer of outer electrons

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Organic Coumpounds

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A Compound found mainly in living things

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Carbohydrate

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An orgranic Compound made of c h and o. Oxygen atom in a 2:1 ratio

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Monosaccharide

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A simple sugar with 3 to 7 carbon atoms in its carbon skeleton.

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Polysaccharide

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A complex Carbohydrate that forms when simple sugars bind together in a chain.

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Saturated Fatty acids

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where carbon atoms are bounded to as many Hydrogen atoms as possible

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Unsaturated fatty acids

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Where some atoms are not bonded to as many hydrogen atoms as possible. Instead they are bonded to other groups of atoms.

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Triglycerides

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Lipids that are the main form of stored energy in animals

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Phospholipids

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Lipids that are the major components of cell membranes

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Amino Acids

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an Organic Compound composed of a central Carbon atom to which to which are boded a hydrogen atom an amino?

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Polypeptide

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A long chain of chemically bonded amino acids

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Nucleic Acid

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DNA or RNA; polymer of nucleotides are important in encoding instructions for cell proccess

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Nucleotides

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A subunit of DNA/RNA composed of a 5 carbon sugar, a nitrogen, containing base and a phosphate group.

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Polynucleotides

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Many Nucleotides binded together

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DNA

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A Nucleic acid consisting of 2 polynucleotide chains

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RNA

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A Nucleic acid (Ribonucleic acid) consisting of just one polynucleotide chain

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4 major organic compounds

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Carbohydrates
Lipids
Porteins
Nucleic Acids

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What determines the primary structure of a protein

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It’s sequence of Amino Acids

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2 functions of proteins

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Help keep cells in shape

make up muscle tissue

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3 parts of a nucleotide

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Sugars
Phosphate group
nitrogen base

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Why is carbon essential to all life on earth

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because carbon’s ability to form stable bonds with many elements. Helps build large and complex molecules.

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3 subatomic particles

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Protons (+)
Neutrons (Neutral)
electron(-)

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what 2 subatomic particles are in the nucleus

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Protons and Neutrons

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Whats the atomic #

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of protons

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What is the Mass #
of Protons - # of electrons
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What 2 elements are always in organic Compounds
C and H
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Building blocks
Monomers
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Polymers?
Many monomers together
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example of a non organic compound
CO2 + CO
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Carbs. Elements
C, H , O
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Whats the function of a carb?
Short term Energy
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Whats a Carbs Monomer?
Monosaccharide
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Whats saccharide mean?
Sugar
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examples of Monosaccharides
Glucose, Fructose
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to every one Carbon in Carbs...
There are 2H and 1O
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Disaccharide belong to...
Carbs.
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Disaccharides include...
Sucrose lactose maltose
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Hydrolysis
add water to break apart.
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Polysaccharides are?
100's of glucose molecules chained together
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Ex. of Polysaccharides?
Starch Cellulose Chitin
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Where is Cellulose found?
in the cell walls of plants!
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Where is Chitin found?
Cell wall of Fungi! and bugs. You eat it in m&m's.
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Where is Glycogen stored?
The liver. Because it can.
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Elements in Lipids.
C, H , O , P (CHOP)
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What are Lipids Monomers?
1 Glycerol | 3 fatty acids
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What do lipids do?
Store long term energy.
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Examples of Lipids
Phospholipids | Cholesterol
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What makes up the cell membrane?
Phspholipids
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What is found in the cell membrane (that's a lipid)
Cholesterol
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Do Saturated fatty acids have double bonds?
NO!!!
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Unsaturated Fatty acids do....
Double bonds
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Proteins Elements?
C, H , O , N, P , S
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Monomers of Proteins!
amino acids
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Where the peptide bond
in the middle
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Wheres the Amino?
to the left to the left
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Where the Acid
To the right now yall
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Where the R group
up in the sky dog
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Peptide bonds have ___ amino acids
2
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Examples of Proteins
``` Hemoglobin Keratin Collagen Insulin Enzymes ```
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WTF is Hemoglobin?
It transports O2 around the body (Like a boss ridin in the blood cell)
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Keratin
It's in my hair and skin and nails and my MF FEATHERS!
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What do enzymes end with?
-ase
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Substrate?
Reactant
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CoFactor
Helps the enzyme do it's thang!. (DiThang! //thats not a real word)
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Coenzyme
basically a cofactor...organic molecule dough
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Inhibitors?
Prevent the enzyme from doing it's thang!
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Competitive (enzymes)
Be all up in the enzymes business.
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NonCompetitive
Be near the enzymes business, making it uncomfortable, but it can still do it's thang.
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CO is
Inorganic!