Lec 1 Flashcards

1
Q

two types of proteins

A

globular, fibrous

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2
Q

most abundant fibrous protein

A

collagen

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3
Q

enzymes are blank

A

proteins

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4
Q

many hormones are proteins aka

A

peptides

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5
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receptors are blank

A

proteins

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6
Q

hemoglobin is blank

A

protein

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7
Q

proteins are both blank and blank components of cells

A

structural, catalytic

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8
Q

comprise the cells genetic information / blueprint and play a catalytic role

A

nucleic acids

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9
Q

polymers of nucleic acid are blank

A

dna, rna

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10
Q

genes encode blank

A

rna

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11
Q

rna often codes for blank

A

proteins

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12
Q

a segment of dna that is transcribed

A

gene

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13
Q

central dogma

A

dna –> rna –> protein

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14
Q

chain of monosaccharide

A

polysaccharide

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15
Q

glucose is a blank

A

polysaccharide

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16
Q

an essential structural component of living cells

A

saccharides

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17
Q

monosaccharides are consituents of blank

A

nucleic acids

18
Q

the sugar component of rna

19
Q

sugar component of dna

A

deoxyribose

20
Q

building block of membrane that is a metabolite

21
Q

lipids are important blank and blank components of cells

A

structural, metabolic

22
Q

process by which metabolites are processed

A

metabolism

23
Q

role of these are for cell to cell signaling

24
Q

in fed state, there are blank levels of insulin

25
in fasted state, insulin is blank
low
26
lacking insulin
type 1 diabetes mellitus
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lacking activity of insulin receptors
type 2 diabetes mellitus
28
unique anatomy and physiology means there must be some unique blank
biochemistry/molecules/reactions
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measure of electrostatic quenching (polar)
dielectric constant
30
water blank electrostatic interactions between charged particles
reduces
31
percent of body weight from water
60%
32
blank stimulates reabsorption of h20 in kidney
vasopressin (peptide hormone) antidiuretic
33
people with blank are deficient in vasopressin and excrete lots of urine so always thirsty
diabetes insipidus
34
hydrogen bonds are a sharing of 2 electrons between blank and H
O or N
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hydrogen bonds are blank as strong as covalent
5%
36
H bonds are blank times longer than covalent bonds
2x
37
ice molecules each have blank h bonds
4
38
water destabilizes blank interactions
electrostatic
39
hydration blank dissociation of acids
stabilizes
40
high dielectric constant makes a good solvent for blank materials
ionic
41
molecules that have polar and non polar properties
amphipathic
42
chain of amino acids
protein