Unit 1 Flashcards

(38 cards)

1
Q

Lower H+ than OH-

A

Acid

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2
Q

Can release/donate hydrogen ion

A

Acid

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3
Q

Common and strongly electronegative

A

Oxygen and nitrogen

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4
Q

Single ringed nitrogenous base

A

Pyrimidine

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5
Q

Highly extensible because of coiled structure

A

Alpha helix

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6
Q

Tertiary structure

A

Confirmation of entire polypeptide

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7
Q

Same number of electrons on outermost shell =

A

Similar properties

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8
Q

Polar carboxyl group and nonpolar hydrocarbon chain

A

Amphipathic

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9
Q

Building blocks of polymers

A

Monomers

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10
Q

Unequal sharing of electrons

A

Polar covalent bond

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11
Q

So close together they can experience weak attractive forces bonding them

A

van der Waals

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12
Q

Two or more polypeptide chains

A

Quaternary

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13
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Four macromolecules

A

Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids

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14
Q

Linear sequence of amino acids

A

Primary

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15
Q

Release of hydrogen ions into solution

A

Lower ph

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16
Q

Lower H+ than OH-

17
Q

First law of thermodynamics

A

Energy cannot be neither created or destroyed

18
Q

Michaelis constant Km

A

Measure of substrate concentration at exactly one half Vmax

19
Q

Organism at equilibrium

20
Q

Inhibitor that binds tightly to enzyme forming covalent bond with amino acid

A

Irreversible inhibitor

21
Q

Inhibitors bind to enzyme and _____ activity

22
Q

Enzymes accomplish effective catalysis by

A

Overcoming activation barrier

23
Q

Steady state

A

Reactants and products remain constant

24
Q

Covalent bonds are strongly polarized in _____

25
Weak attraction btw adjacent water molecules
Hydrogen bonds
26
Polar molecules are
Hydrophilic
27
Non polar molecules are
Hydrophobic
28
A sodium ion
Lost an electron
29
Greatest potential to form ionic bonds
Polar charged
30
Greatest potential to form hydrophobic interactions
Nonpolar
31
pH decrease and H+ increase
Acidic
32
Having both hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions
Amphipathic
33
Saturated fatty acids lack
Double bonds
34
Pyrimidines
Uracil, cytosine, and thymine
35
Prevent growing proteins from making random nonnegative interactions
Chaperones
36
Second law of thermodynamics
High energy to low and randomness increases with energy transfer
37
Entropy
Randomness increase with energy transfer
38
Protein catalysts
Lower the energy of activation