bio 4

Question 1

organic chemistry is based on the chemistry of ___

Answer 1

carbon

Question 2

4 types of organic macromolecules

Answer 2

proteins
carbohydrates
lipids
nucleic acids

Question 3

what are proteins made up of?

Answer 3

amino acids

Question 4

all amino acids have an ___ group and a ____ group

Answer 4

amino and carboxyl

Question 5

what is unique to each amino acid?

Answer 5

its side chain

Question 6

amino acids are linked by ___ bonds

Answer 6

peptide

Question 7

how many amino acids are synthesized by the human body?

Answer 7

11

Question 8

how many essential amino acids are there?

Answer 8

9

Question 9

a proteins specific conformation determines how it ___

Answer 9

functions

Question 10

the 4 levels of protein structure

Answer 10

primary
secondary
tertiary
quaternary

Question 11

a proteins primary structure is a sequence in a ____

Answer 11

polypeptide

Question 12

what is a secondary structure?

Answer 12

folding or coiling of the polypeptide into a repeating cinfiguration

Question 13

what is a tertiary structure?

Answer 13

a three dimensional shape of polypeptides

Question 14

what is a quaternary structure?

Answer 14

the protein structure that results from the aggregation of two or more polypeptide subunits

Question 15

what are enzymes?

Answer 15

proteins which function as biological catalysts - they speed up biochemical reactions