Topic 9 (Electronegativity) Flashcards
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Atoms with a high electronegativity have
A higher affinity for electrons
Oxygen is always trying to
Steal electrons
What is a polar covalent bond?
Electrons are shared unevenly (ex: H2O)
What is a non-polar covalent bond?
Electrons are shared evenly
ex: O2, H2, CH4
What type of molecule is water and what bonds does it form?
Water is a polar molecule. It forms hydrogen bonds
What is bond energy?
The amount of energy required to break a bond
The amount of energy that is released when a bond is formed
What bonds have a higher bond energy? Polar covalent or non-polar covalent bonds
Polar covalent bonds
What has the highest bond energy and the lowest?
Lowest: C-O
Highest: C=O
Define metabolism
The set of chemical reactions that occur in cells to maintain life
What is a catabolic reaction?
It is when energy is released from breaking down complex molecules into simpler compounds
Define anabolic reaction?
Consume energy to build complex molecules from simpler ones
What is the energy currency of the cell?
ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate)
ATP –> ADP
When ATP (high energy) is broken down into ADP (low energy), energy is released
ATP
When ADP + Pi are combined to make ATP, energy is stored
How do enzymes speed up metabolic reactions?
They lower energy barriers
What is energy activation?
In living cells, the energy needed to start a reaction (to break bonds for instance) is lowered by enzymes
What is the enzyme responsible for degrading peptidoglycan
Lysozyme
What is the enzyme for penicillin?
Penicillinase
What does DNAse do?
‘Digests’ DNA
What does Proteinase do?
Digests protein (aka protease)
What does ATP synthase do?
Synthesizes ATP
What does Reverse Transcriptase do?
Used by HIV virus to transcribe its RNA genome to DNA
What does Integrase do?
Enzyme used by HIV to integrate its genome into host cell’s genome
What is a substrate?
The reagent to which the enzyme binds (the starting material)