Lesson 1 Flashcards
(29 cards)
3 Origins of life
Supernatural, extraterrestrial, spontaneous
Living organisms are made up of-
Non-living elements
Living organism have about ___ elements
20 (94 occurring naturally)
97% of most organism
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sulfur (CHONPS)
Major component of an organism
Water
Most abundant element
Carbon
Greatest question in science
Where is the origin of life?
Life came from bacteria
Spontaneous
Underwater volcanoes is the source of life
Bubble hypothesis
Same DNA with all organism and all organism came from a common ancestor
Remarkable chemical unity under biological diversity
3 Principle areas of biochemistry
- Structural chemistry
- Metabolism
- The chemistry of processes and substances that store and transmit biological information (molecular biology/genetics)
Study of molecular mechanism by w/c genetic information encoded in DNA is able to result in processes of life
Molecular Biology
Coined the word biochemistry
1890s Ernst Hoppe-Seyler
2 Major breakthroughs in biochemistry
- Discovery of roles of enzymes as catalyst
2. Roles of nucleic acids as information carrying molecules
Includes bacteria and lack of nucleus. Single
Prokaryotes
True nucleus. Group. Includes fungi.
Eukaryotes
Cells are composed of (7)
70% water 15% proteins 7% nucleic acid 3% sugars 2% lipids 2% intermediates 1% inorganic ions
Primary hydrocarbon structures.
2nd energy source
Lipids
Central building blocks of lipids
Acetyl COA
Contain carbon , oxygen, hydrogen with a ratio of hydrogen to oxygen of about 2:1.
Primary source of energy
Contain carbon backbone and hydroxyl groups therefore they are very soluble in water
Carbohydrates
Greek word for saccharide and meaning
Sakchar meaning sugar or sweetness
Polymers of amino acid
Contain elements of CHONS
Serve as the defence system as WBC and immunoglobins
Proteins
What functional groups do proteins contain? (4)
Carbonyl group
Amino group
Hydrogen group
An R group
Long polymer composed of nucleotides
Polynucleotides