Unit 1 Flashcards
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Lower H+ than OH-
Acid
Can release/donate hydrogen ion
Acid
Common and strongly electronegative
Oxygen and nitrogen
Single ringed nitrogenous base
Pyrimidine
Highly extensible because of coiled structure
Alpha helix
Tertiary structure
Confirmation of entire polypeptide
Same number of electrons on outermost shell =
Similar properties
Polar carboxyl group and nonpolar hydrocarbon chain
Amphipathic
Building blocks of polymers
Monomers
Unequal sharing of electrons
Polar covalent bond
So close together they can experience weak attractive forces bonding them
van der Waals
Two or more polypeptide chains
Quaternary
Four macromolecules
Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids
Linear sequence of amino acids
Primary
Release of hydrogen ions into solution
Lower ph
Lower H+ than OH-
Base
First law of thermodynamics
Energy cannot be neither created or destroyed
Michaelis constant Km
Measure of substrate concentration at exactly one half Vmax
Organism at equilibrium
Dead
Inhibitor that binds tightly to enzyme forming covalent bond with amino acid
Irreversible inhibitor
Inhibitors bind to enzyme and _____ activity
Decrease
Enzymes accomplish effective catalysis by
Overcoming activation barrier
Steady state
Reactants and products remain constant
Covalent bonds are strongly polarized in _____
Water