Lecture 3 part 2 Flashcards
______ have fewer hydrogens and so include some
Unsaturated fats
______ are lipids characterized by a carbon skeleton consisting of four fused rings and are important in cell to cell communicating
Steroids
_____Are the primary catalysts of most metabolic reactions (enzymes)
Proteins
Proteins are made up of monomers called called _____
Amino Acids
A chain of amino acids is known as a _____
polypeptide (held together by peptide bonds)
Amino acids are made up of three, distinct components:
Amino Group
Carboxyl Group
Side chain (R- Group)
The three components are held together by a central carbon called an _____
Alpha Carbon
There are in total ____ amino acids and determined by the ______
20, R-Group
The three categories are based on the R-groups:
Nonpolar
Polar
Electrically charged
Amino acids are formed into chains via dehydration reactions
The resulting ______ are formed between the amino group, and the carboxyl group
Peptide bonds
Proteins are functional because of their ___, which is based on the sequence of amino acids
Shape
Two basic protein conformations are:
Globular Proteins (Spherical)
Fibrous proteins(strands)
____ is the linear chain sequence of amino acids
Primary structure
______ is the result of regions stabilized by hydrogen bonds between atoms of the polypeptide backbone and are made of hydrogen bonds
Secondary structure
_____ is the coil formed by weak hydrogen bonds
Alpha helix
____ is formed when two or more polypeptide chains are bonded parallel to one another by weak hydrogen bonds
Beta pleated sheet
_____ is the three-dimensional shape resulting from interactions between R groups
Tertiary
____ are the result of hydrophobic amino acids clustering in the center
Hydrophobic interactions
_____ are covalent bonds formed from interactions between __________ monomers
Disulfide Bridges, cysteine
____ form from the association of two or more polypeptides
Quaternary structure
If proteins are not under specific conditions then they become ____
Denatured
The primary unit of inheritance, the ____, is what determines this sequence
Gene
Genes, and other information coding molecules belong to a group of compounds called _____
Nucleic acids
Nucleic acids are unique among the compounds discussed so far in that they ____
Direct their own replication