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what is molecular biology ?
field ofscienceconcerned with studying the chemical structures and processes of biological phenomena that involve the basic units of life
molecular biology especially focused on what ?
nucleic acids(e.g.,DNAandRNA)
proteins—macromolecules
The central dogma of molecular biology states, that genetic material is transcribed into RNA and then translated into protein.
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what The compounds produced by living organisms called ?
biochemicals
what is the four categories that macromolecules divided into ?
proteins
nucleic acids
polysaccharides,
certain lipids
proteins, nucleic acids, polysaccharides are polymers composed of a large number of lowmolecular‐weight building blocks,
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what is the process that
macromlecules constructed by ?
polymerization
Each monomer is first activated by
attachment to a carrier molecule that helps the monomer to chemically react with the end of the growing macromolecule
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A macromolecule is disassembled by hydrolysis of the bonds that join the monomers together
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what is the hydrolysis ?
is the splitting of a bond by water.
Macromolecules reactions are catalyzed by what ?
enzymes
what are the low‐molecular‐weight precursors that are ready to be incorporated into macromolecules ?
Sugars, which are the precursors of polysaccharides;
Amino acids, which are the precursors of proteins;
Nucleotides, which are the precursors of nucleic acids;
Fatty acids, which are incorporated into lipids
what is the metabolic intermediates ?
The compounds that formed along the pathways leading to the end products that have no function
examples of Molecules of miscellaneous function ?
vitamins, which function
primarily as materials to proteins
certain steroid or amino acid hormones
molecules involved in energy storage, such as ATP
urea
cyclic AMP
what is vitamin A function ?
required for the formation of rhodopsin, a photoreceptor pigment in the eye
Cyclic AMP
allow the mobilization of glucose from glycogen.
Carbohydrates function ?
work as stores of chemical energy
work as durable building materials for biological construction
Most sugars have the general formula (CH2O)n . The sugars of importance in cellular metabolism have values of n that range from 3 to 7
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Sugars can be joined to one another by covalent glycosidic bonds
Glycosidic bonds form by reaction between carbon atom C1 of one sugar and the hydroxyl group of another sugar, generating a
-C- O- C- linkage between the two sugars.
Oligosaccharides are particularly important on the glycolipids and glycoproteins of the plasma membrane,
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Sucrose and lactose are two of the most common disaccharides. Sucrose is composed of glucose and fructose joined by an α (1 → 2) linkage, whereas lactose is composed of glucose and
galactose joined by a β (1 → 4) linkage
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Bernard concluded what ?
food materials were carried to the liver where they were chemically converted to glucose and stored as glycogen.
In Bernard ’ s hypothesis, the balance between glycogen formation and glycogen breakdown in the liver was the prime determinant in maintaining the relatively constant level of glucose in the blood.
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what is the lipids ?
a diverse group of nonpolar biological molecules.
some common properties of the lipids ?
ability to dissolve in organic solvents
inability to dissolve in water