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| HOOKE,LEEUWENHOEK, AND OTHERS DEVELOP THE 1ST MICROSCOPE |
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| BROWN DESCRIBES THE CELL NUCLEUS |
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| origin of molecular bio (mutation rates n cells were amplified if u put xrays thru them) |
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| Schleiden and Schwann propose the cell theory |
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| all living things, both plant and animal, r composed of cells |
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| pepsin, and coined the term “metabolism” |
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| Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow was credited with the discovery that propagation of cells is due to division of pre-existing cells.(stole the work from Remak |
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| Pasture confirms cell theory and Mendel develops Mendelan Genetics |
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| Improvement n our ability to describe cell structures? |
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Chromosomal theory of inheritance:
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| Flemming and others describe chromosome behavior during mitosis and meiosis. |
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| molecular bio, he came up w/ PCR (can replicate DNA ouside of a cell) |
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All cells r bounded by THIS plasma membrane |
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| a phospholipid bilayer that compartmentalizes the cell |
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| All cells utilize conserved metabolic pathways to convert food or sunlight into universal “energy currency" |
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| All cells operate according to conserved genetic principals? |
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| Cells proliferate thru the process of? |
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| n eukaryotes that rid the cell of toxic substances and were discover by Christian de Duve n 1965. They have the ability to divide and import proteins post-translationally (endosymbiotic origin) |
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| microscopy/genetic manipulation |
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| 6x10^23 (# of protons n a gram) |
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| missing electron w/ positive charge |
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| substance that gain protons n h20 |
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sugars (polysac)…
fatty acid (fats/lipids/membranes)…
amino acid(protein)…
nucleotides(nucleic acids |
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| universal basis 4 mem structure…2 main constitutes r lipid and associated proteins |
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All amino acids have what types of functional gps? |
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| carboxylic acid gp and an amino gp |
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Covalent bond between 2 adjacent amino acids is calld? |
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2 glucose molecules joined create a ? |
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disaccharide
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· Hydration of the sugar is required to produce the ? |
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| cytosine, thymine, uracil |
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· Metabolism consists of ____(buildup) and ____ (breakdown of substances) |
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| any sequence of chem reactions leading from 1 cmpd to another |
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| biochemical processes that occur within any living organism |
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· ------a (nucleotide) is 1 of the monomers used in the synthesis of rna and after conversion to deoxyATP (daTP), DNA |
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· ___ regulates biochemical pathways |
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| KREB'S CITRIC ACID CYC. IS ALSO CALLED? |
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· Fatty acid synthesis occurs in? |
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· Pentose phosphate pathway occurs |
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· Gluconeogenesisk occurs |
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· E- transport/oxidative phosphorylation occurs |
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· Tricarboxylic acid cycle occurs |
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· Chain shortening of fatty acids occurs |
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· Dna and rna synthesis occurs |
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· 1st law of thermodynamics |
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| energy cnt be created nor destroyed |
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· 2nd law of thermodynamics |
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| entropy-the measure of a systems disorder |
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· Electromagnetic energy is converted to chem bond energy via ___? |
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| molecular o2 is converted to co2 |
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· Oxidation and reduction
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| any reaction where e- r transferred from 1 atom to another |
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· THE LONG DNA POLYMER CHAINS R MADE FORM THE SAME SET OF 4 MONOMERS CALLED? |
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· N EVERY CELL, THE DNA R READ OUT (TRANSCRIBED) N2 CHEMICALLY RELATED SET OF POLYMERS CALLED?
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· THE MAJOR CLASS OF RNA SERVE AS |
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· MESSAGES R CARRIED BY THE MOLECULES OF mRNA AND R TRANSLATED N2 ANOTHER POLYMER CALLD A |
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· ______ MOLECULES DOMINATE THE BEHAVIOR OF THE CELL |
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· ____ R BUILT FROM AMINO ACIDS |
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· TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSLATION= |
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· ___ PROVIDE THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR CELLULAR FORM, FUNCTION, COMPLEX BEHAVIOR |
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· ___-LIBRARY OF GENETIC INFO IN ITS DNA (TELLS HOW TO GROW AND HOW TO FUNCTION) |
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· ___ MICROSCOPE USE VISIBLE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE SPECIMENS |
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· ___HAVE THE SIMPLEST STRUCTURE |
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R THE MOST DIVERSE OF CELLS |
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· WHAT GENERATES ENERGY 4 THE EUKARYOTIC CELL |
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· ___ CAN COME N A SPHERICAL, ROD-SHAPED, AND SPIRAL CELLS |
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· ORGANELLES THAT PERFORM PHOTOSYNTHESIS R CALLD |
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· CHLOROPLASTS R FOUND N THE PLANT CELL’S |
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· AMOEBAE AND YEAST R EXAMPLES OF A ___ CELL |
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· MITOCHONDRION CONSUMES OXYGEN AND RELEASES CARBON DIOXIDE= |
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· ___ CAPTURE ENERGY FROM THE SUNLIGHT |
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· R ONLY FOUND N PLANTS AND ALGAE |
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· MANY CELLULAR COMPONENTS R PRODUCED N THE |
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· GOLGI APPARATUS RECEIVES AND MODIFIES THE MOLECULES N THE |
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· ___ MAKE THE PROTEIN MOLECULES |
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· IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DIRECTED CELL MOVEMENTS |
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· ___ FILAMENTS R THE THINNEST OF THE FILAMENTS |
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· THICKEST FILAMENTS R THE |
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· ___ FILAMENTS STRENGHTEN THE CELL MECHANICALLY |
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· ___ HELP DISTRIBUTE THE CHROMOSOMES N A DIVIDING CELL |
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| formed from chains of chemical subunits linked to end-to-end |
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· Ionic bonds r a type of ___ attraction |
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| an attractive force that occurs between oppositely charged atoms |
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· molecules containing COOH gp are weak ___ |
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· ___ raises the concentration of H3O ions by donating proton |
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· ___ raises the concentration of OH ions by removing proton from water |
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· weak ___contain an NH2 gp |
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| large carbon cmpds made by cells |
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| proteiens, nucleic acids, and large polysaccharides |
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· 4 major families of small organic molecules- |
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| sugar, fatty acids, amino acids, and nucleotides |
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· Water % of total cell weight= |
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· Sugars and precursors % of total cell weigh = |
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· Nucleotides and precursors % of total cell weight = |
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· # of sugars and precursors= |
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| proteins, nucleic acids, polysaccharides, phospholipids |
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· 4 building blocks of the cells- |
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| sugars, fatty acids, amino acids, nucleotides |
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· 4 larger units of the cell |
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| polysaccharides, fats-lipids-membranes, proteins, nucleic acids |
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· ___ r energy source for cells and subunits of polysac. |
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· Monosaccharide formula= |
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· Sugars made from monosac. R called |
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· ___ can b converted into mannose or galactose by switching the orientations of specific OH gps |
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· Monosac r linked by covalent bonds called |
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| forms plant cell wall (polysac of glucose) |
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· Glycoproteins and glycolipids r found n the |
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· ___ ___ r components of cell membranes |
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· ___ ___ serve as a concentrated food reserve n cells |
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· __ __ r stored n the cytoplasm of many cells n the form of droplets of triaclglycerol molecules |
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· Triacylglycerols r ex of a |
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· Insoluble n h2o and soluble n fat and organic solvents = |
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· Amino acids r the subunits of |
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· ___ is one of the simplest amino acids |
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· Proteins r held together by |
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· ___ r the subunits of DNA and RNA |
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| made of a N-containing ring cmpd linked to a 5-C sugar that can b ribose or deoxyribose |
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| nucleoside sporting 1 or more phosphate gps attatched to its sugar |
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· ___ serve as building blocks for the construction of nucleic acids |
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| long polymers n which nucleotide subunits r covalently linked by the formation of a phosphodiester bond |
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| transient carrier of molecular instructions |
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· 5’ end- will have a free ___ gp |
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· Van der Waals attractions- |
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| form of electrical attraction caused by electric charges that arise when 2 atoms come w/n a short distance of each other |
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| forces phospholipid molecules together n cell membranes and gives protein molecules a globular shape |
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· ____ bonds allow a macromolecule to bind other selected molecules |
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· ___ are formed by combing an acid and alcohol |
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| cholesterol and testosterone |
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| long chain polymers of isoprene |
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| used to carry activated sugars n the membrane associated synthesis of glycoproteins and sum polysac. |
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| total of all the chem reactions it needs to carry out to survive, grow, and reproduce |
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· Biological order is made possible by the release of ___ energy from cells |
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· Photosynthetic organisms use ___ to synthesize organic molecules |
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· Light energy + CO2 + H20---à GLUCOSE +O2+ HEAT ENERGY = |
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· Energetically favorable reactions- |
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· NADH and NADPH r important |
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· ___ participates n the final stage n 1 of the biosynthetic routes leading to cholesterol |
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· Gp carried n high-energy linkage in ATP= |
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· Gp carried n high-energy linkage n NADH,NADPH,FADH2= |
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· Gp carried n high-energy linkage n Acetyl CoA = |
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· Gp carried n high-energy linkage n carboxylated biotin= |
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· Gp carried n high-energy linkage n S-adenosylmethionine= |
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· Gp carried n high-energy linkage n uridine diphosphate glucose= glucose |
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· 5 main domains of the heavy chain |
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· Integral membrane protein- |
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| heavy chain is anchored n the plasma mem. Of the cell |
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| proteins associated noncovalently w/ integral mem. Proteins |
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· Y r proteins important? |
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*structure- most of the cell’s dry mass/ mem proteins contribute to shape and structure/ ribosome/ lysosome
*function- *channels and pumps/ antibodies/ ATP Synthase structure / toxins/ hormones |
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| spatial arrangement of atoms n a molecule |
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| 4 levels of description of (native) protein structure |
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primary, secondary,tertiary,quaternary |
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| linear arrangement of amino acids, covalent bonding including -SS- |
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| local conformations of backbone maintained by H bonds |
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| - 3d structure of a subunit (1 polypeptide chain) n its native state |
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| spatial arrangement of subunits n oligomeric proteins |
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· Forces stabilizing tert. Structures: |
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· When sequence and 3D structure r similar, we gp proteins n a ___? |
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· Weak noncov bonds allow mult. Units to interact w/ each other…this allows diff subunits to b involved n the construction of a ___? |
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*non polar glycine at every 3rd position
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| building blocks from which the cells r assembled and they constitute most of the cell’s dry mass |
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| polypeptide chains run n same direction |
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| complex of 1 or more polypeptide chain |
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· ___ bonds help stabilize a favored protein conformation |
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| breaks down nucleic acids by hydrolyzing peptide bonds between nucleotides |
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| synthesize molecules n anabolic reactions by condensing 2 molecules together |
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| cuts polypeptide chains and carries a zinc ion in its active site |
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· ___ can control protein activity by triggering a conformational change |
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· __ binding proteins r regulated by the cyclic gain and loss of a phosphate gp |
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· allows motor proteins to produce large movements n cells |
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· Affinity chromatography is used to |
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| separate proteins according to size |
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· ___ bonds between neighboring regions of the polypeptide backbone give rise to A helices and B sheets |
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· When a protein catalyzes the formations or breakage of cov bonds n a ligand, the protein is calld an___ and the ligand is calld ___ |
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| 2 conformations that differ n catalytic activity |
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| enzyme early n a metabolic pathway is inhibited by its binding to 1 of the pathway’s end products |
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· The hydrolysis of ATP to ADP by ___ ___produces directed movements n the cells |
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· Each purine-pyrimidine pair is calld a |
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· Complex of DNA and protein- |
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· Maternal and paternal chromosomes of a pair- |
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| homologous chromosomes (homologs) |
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| display of the 46 chromosomes |
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| segment of DNA used to mak a protein |
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· -chromosomes r duplicated |
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· -chromosomes r distributed to the 2 daughter nuclei |
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| network of protein filaments that forms a thin layer underlying and the inner nuclear mem |
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| parts of diff chromosomes carrying genes for Rrna r synthesized and combined w/ proteins to form ribosomes |
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· Chromatin-remodeling complexes- |
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| protein machines that use the energy of ATP hydrolysis to change the position of the DNA wrapped around nucleosomes |
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· Most abundant chromosomal proteins r the |
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| pack DNA N2 A repeating array of DNA protein particles called nucleosomes |
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| constricted region of a mitotic chromosome that holds sis chromatids together |
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| chromatin w/n an interphase cell w/ genes that r able to b expressed |
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| -region of a chromosome that remains unusually condensed and transcriptionally inactive during interphase |
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| 1 of a gp of abundant basic proteins, rich n arginine and lysine, that r associated w/ DNA n chromosomes to form nucleosomes |
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| lg structure n the nucleus where rRna is transcribed and ribosomal subunits r assembled |
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| discovery of genes and heredity; a plant inherits 2 “units of info” |
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· - 1928; army medical officer; tryn to find a vaccine against Streptococcus pneumonia”:virulent strain w/ smooth polysaccharide coat, non-virulent strain w/ a rough coat; never found the vaccine |
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· - 1944; Canadian; found the agent responsible for genetic transferring is the nucleic acid DNA and not protein; worked w/ McCarty and MacLeod |
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· - biochemist who first figured out the equation for the diff bases; “I saw b4 me n dark contours the beginning of a grammar of bio”; “avery gave us the 1st text of a new language, or rather, he showed us where to look 4 it. I resolved 2 search 4 this text” |
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· -xray differentiation images of the DNA fibers; the pic of interest identified the location of phosphate sugars n DNA; Manhattan Project; John Randall’s lab at King’s College, Cambridge; franklin died n London from ovarian cancer at 37 |
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| Maurice wilkins and Rosalind franklin |
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· - Watson-usa,Crick-Britain; discovered the helical structure of DNA; had most of the info, but needed the last piece of the puzzle to put it all together |
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| James Watson and francis crick |
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| they store genetic instructions in DNA |
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| what structure cnt b resolved w/ a conventional light microscope |
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| export of things n the cell is thru which organell |
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| functions n receiving and &chemically modifying the molecules made n the er &then directing them to the exterior of the cell |
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| irregulary shaped organelle n which intracellular digestion occurs |
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| what mediates the exchange of materials between the er, golgi apparatus, the lysosomes, and the outside of the cell |
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| the largest single compartment n most cells is |
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| what does the cytoskeleton not do |
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| the # of positively charged protons is the same as the # of what |
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| which subatomic particles undergo rearrangements when atoms combine w/ others to form molecules |
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| cov bond when e's r shared unequally |
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| what r substances held by together soley by ionic bonds |
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| cov bond that allows rotation about the bond axis |
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| how do protein, nucleic acid,and polysacc. molecules polymerize (grow) |
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| by condensation reactions |
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| represents energy n its most disordered form |
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| a reaction occurs spontaneously if the change n free energy is |
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| what is the diff between NAD+ and NADH |
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| NADH carries an extra proton and 2 high energy electrons |
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| ___ is an activated carrier molecule thats used n biosynthetic reactions to build energy rich molecules |
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| ___ is an activated carrier molecule thats used n oxidation reactions to produce ATP |
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| what parts of amino acids r involved n peptide bonds |
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| amino gp on 1 amino acid &the carboxyl gp on the other |
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| what does protein domain refer to |
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| a segment of a protein that can fold independently n2 its own compact 3D structure |
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| those portions of a transmembrane protein that cross the lipid bilayer consist of what structure |
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| A HELIX W/ NONPOLAR SIDE CHAINS |
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| name for a modular unit from which many larger proteins r made |
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| how many identical binding sites exist on an antibody |
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| what determines the specificity of an antibody for its antigen |
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| the amino acid loops in its variable domain |
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| how does phosphorylation control protein activity |
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| the addition of a P gp can induce major conformational changes n a protein |
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| enzyme that adds a phosphate gp to another protein |
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| enzyme that removes a P gp from a protein |
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| GTP or GDP is the active state of the protein |
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| how do motor proteins make their movements unidirectional |
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| they couple a conformational change to the hydrolysis of an ATP molecule |
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| how do protein machines,such as those involved in DNA replication and protein synthesis, often coordinate their actions |
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| by the hydrolysis of bound nucleoside triphosphates (ATP or GTP) |
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| the human genome contains how many genes |
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| the structures that cap the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes r called |
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