Last Minute Flashcards
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What connects monosaccarides?
Glycosidic linkages (dehydration reaction)
Glycogen is
A polymer of glucose
A fat is glycerol joined to fatty acids by
An ester link
What makes a steroid
4 fused rings
Amino acid makes ____ that makes proteins
Polypeptides
An amino acid is made of
An amino group and a carboxyl group
Tertiary structure
Overall shape of a polypeptide
Quaternary structure
Overall protein structure
Directs production of a polypeptide
mRNA
- 5 carbon sugar
- N base
- 1-3 phosphate groups
Nucleotide
Nucleotide - phosphate
Nucleoside
What does a nucleotide do?
Sugar-phosphate backbone of RNA and DNA
The base pairs in DNA are connected by
Hydrogen bond
Brings amino acids to the ribosome during synthesis
tRNA
Catabolic pathways
Release energy
Anabolic pathways
Consume energy
An energetically favorable process
Spontaneous
Process only happens when energy is supplied
Nonspontaneous
Can perform work when temperature and pressure are uniform
Free energy
The bonds between phosphate groups in ATP can be broken by
Hydrolysis
Eukaryotes have a nucleus. Prokaryotes have a
Nucleoid
The nucleus is suspended in
The nuclear envelope
Protein + rRNA =
Ribosomes
Cristae
The folds in mitochondria