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Important Functional Groups

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Hydroxyl
Carbonyl
Carboxyl
Amino
Sulfhydryl
Phosphate
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Macromolecules

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most macromolecules are polymers, built from monomers

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Three of the classes of life’s organic molecules are polymers

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carbohydrates
proteins
nucleic acids

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polymer

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a long molecule consisting of many similar building blocks called monomers

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Synthesis of polymers

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monomers form larger molecules by condensation reactions called deyhdration reactions

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Dehydration

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removes a water molecule, forming a new bond

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Hydrolysis

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breaks down/disassembles polymers

adds a water, breaks a bond

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Carbohydates

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serve as a fuel and building material
(CH20)n
Include both sugars and their polymers
Can be monosaccharides or polysaccharides

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Monosaccharides (structure)

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may be linear
in solution they form rings
chem equilibrium b/w linear and ring greatly favors rings

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Cellulose

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Major component of the tough walls that enclose plant cells
Has more hydrogen bonds than starch
Unbranched beta glucose polymer

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Lipids

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Diverse group of hydrophobic molecules
Are the one class of large biological molecules that do not consist of polymers in a strict sense
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Fats

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Are constructed from two types of smaller molecules, a single glycerol and usually three fatty acids
Major function is energy storage

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Whats type of bond is between glycerol and a fatty acid?

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Ester linkage

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Why don’t we use starch like plants?

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  • A gram of fat stores ~9 cal while a gram of carbs stores ~4
  • plants can afford to have inefficient fuel because they don’t move
  • fats cushion vital organs (ex. kidneys)
  • subcutaneous fat insulates the body (ex. whales and seals)
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Phospholipid structure

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hydrophilic “head” and hydrophobic “tails”

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Steroids

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characterized by a carbon skeleton consisting of four fused rings

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Cholesterol

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A steroid
Found in cell membranes
Precursor for some hormones

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Proteins (role)

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Have many structures resulting in a wide range of functions

  • Enzymes
  • Structural
  • Transport
  • Hormones
  • Receptors
  • Motor proteins
  • Defense proteins
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Polypeptides

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polymers of amino acids

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Amino acids

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  • organic molecules possessing both carboxyl and amino groups
  • differ in their properties due to differing side chains (R groups)
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Protein (consists of)

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one or more polypeptides

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Link between amino acids?

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Peptide bonds

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Primary structure (protein)

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determined by peptide bonds

unique sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide

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Secondary structure (protein)

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exists because of hydrogen bonds
the folding or coiling of the polypeptide into a repeating configuration
includes alpha helix and beta pleated sheet

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Tertiary structure (proteins)
can be predicted is the overall 3-D shape of a polypeptide **driven by hydrophoic interactions ** results from interactions b/w amino groups and R groups
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Quaternary structure
not all proteins have this structure | overall protein structure that results from the aggregation of two or more polypeptide subunits
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Nucleic Acids (role)
store and transmit hereditary information genes -are the units of inheritance -program the amino acid sequence of polypeptides -are made of nucleic acids
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Two types of nucleic acids
``` Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) Ribonucleic acid (RNA) ```
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RNA (types)
Coding- carries the information from DNA for synthesis of specific proteins Non-coding- rRNA, tRNA Catalytic- self-splicing introns, ribozymes, rRNA in ribosomes Other roles-Metabolite sensing, attenuation of translation, RNA interference (RNAi)
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Nucleic Acids (structure)
Exist as polymers called polynucleotides
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Nucleotide
Each polynucleotide consists of monomers called nucleotides - phosphate group - nucleoside (nitrogenous base and pentose sugar)
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DNA double helix
- have two polynucleotides that spiral around an imaginary axis - phosphates in double helix are charged, which makes them like polar solvents better - bases are hydrophobic, which forces them to be positioned on the inside
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DNA double helix complimentary strands
consists of two antiparallel nucleotide strands 5' end and 3' end 5'-GAATTC-3' has another 5'-GAATTC-3' complementary to it
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The 20 different amino acids in polypeptides exhibit different chemical and physical properties because of different what?
side chains (R groups)
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Size of atomic nucleus (relative to shell)
much smaller
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How molecules can one water molecule form hydrogen bonds with?
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What is the bond holding DNA double helix strands together?
Hydrogen bonds
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Saturated fatty acid
Contain only single bonds between carbons. Carboxyl group on end
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Unsaturated fatty acid
Contain at least one double bond between carbons. Cannot be stacked, liquid at room temp. Carboxyl group on end
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Whats the difference between the sugar in DNA and the sugar in RNA?
One less oxygen in DNA (DeOXYribonucleic acid)
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Why does water have a high specific heat?
Absorption and release of heat when hydrogen bonds break and form
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Enantiomers
Mirror images of one another
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Which functional groups can act as acids?
Carboxyl and phosphate
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Pyrimidines
- Nitrogenous bases - Cytosine (C) - Thymine (T-in DNA) - Uracil (U-in RNA)
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Purines
- Nitrogenous bases - Adenine (A) - Guanine (G)
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Proteins may be related even when they share as low as ___ % sequence identity
5
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Sugar: Monomers, Polymer, Type of Linkage
Monosaccharides, polysaccharides, glycosidic linkages
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Lipids: Components, Large molecule, Type of Linkage
Fatty acids, Triacylglycerols, ester linkages
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Proteins: Monomers, Polymer, Type of Linkage
Amino acids, polypeptides, peptide bonds
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Nucleic Acids: Monomers, Polymer, Type of Linkage
Nucleotides, polynucleotides, phophodiester linkages
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Sickle-cell disease
- Results from a single amino acid substitution in the protein hemoglobin - This change is particularly disrupting to protein structure because of the nature of amino acids - Better protected against malaria
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What determines protein conformation?
- Solvent, temperature and pH | - Interactions between amino acid side-chains
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Denaturation
When a protein unravels and loses its native conformation
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Renaturation
Takes a denatured protein and returns it to a normal protein
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Chaperonins
Protein molecules that assist in the proper folding of other proteins
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Phospholipids
- Have only two fatty acids linked to glycerol | - Have a phosphate group instead of a third fatty acid
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Enzymes
A type of protein that acts as a catalyst, speeding up chemical reactions
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Amino acids linked by?
peptide bonds
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Glycosidic links are formed between carbon atom 1 and ??
Carbons 2, 4, or 6
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Disaccharides
two monosaccharides joined by glycosidic linkage
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Starch and Glycogen
both are storage polymers consisting entirely of alpha glucose monomers
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Starch
found mostly in plants (major storage form)
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Glycogen
mostly found in animal muscles and liver (major storage form of glucose in animals), more branched glucose monomers than starch
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Cellulose
unbranched polymer of beta glucose | has more hydrogen bonds than starch
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Chitin
important structural polysaccharide | - found in exoskeleton of anthropods
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Cohesion
Helps pull water up through microscopic vessels of plants
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Surface tension
related to cohesion | greater in water than most liquids
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Moderation of Temperature
- water moderates air temperature by absorbing heat from air that is warmer and releasing the stored heat to air that is cooler - has a high specific heat
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Why does water have high specific heat?
- allows it to minimized temp fluctations to within limits that permit life (heat absorbed when H bonds break, released when H bonds form) - water changes temp less when absorbs or looses a give amt of heat
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Evaporative cooling
due to waters high heat of vaporization | -Allows water to cool a surface
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Solvent of Life
- versatility due to polarity - can for aq solns - not a universal solvent (which is good!)

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