Term
| how are lipids characterized |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
energy storage
membranes
messengers
cushioning |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| long hydrocarbon chain with carboxyl chain at the end |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| no C=C bonds in fatty acid |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| C=C bond present in fatty acid |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| is fatty acid protonated or deprotonated at physiological pH |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| fatty acid nomenclature rules |
|
Definition
1) chain length
2) how many double bonds
3) where C=C's are located |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| what are IMF's between lipids |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| strength of van der waals |
|
Definition
| very weak work over a short distance |
|
|
Term
| melting point trends of fatty acids |
|
Definition
as carbon chain length increase melting point increase
as number of C=C's increase melting point decreases |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
glycerol backbone
3 substituent fatty acid or other |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| fatty acid covalently linked to an alcohol via ester linkage |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a triglyceride derivitive with 2 fatty acid chains on C1 and C2 and a phosphate group with a substituent on C3 |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| an amphiphatic lipid with an fatty acid on C3 an aminated fatty acid on C2 and an esterified head group substituent on C1 |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a triglyceride derivitave with an amino group of C2 and an OH group on C1 |
|
|
Term
| where does phopholipase A1 sever |
|
Definition
| between ester linkage and carbonyl at C1 of triglyceride |
|
|
Term
| where does phospholipase A2 sever |
|
Definition
| between ester linkage and carbonyl at C2 of triglyceride |
|
|
Term
| where does phospholipase C sever |
|
Definition
| between ester linkage and Phosphate on C3 |
|
|
Term
| where does phospholipase D sever |
|
Definition
| between phosphate and saccharide linkage on C3 |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| DAG gycerol backbone with 2 attached fatty acids |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| MAG, glycerol backbone with 1 attached fatty acid |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| molecule with both polar and nonpolar character |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| major sterol in animal tissues with amphipathic character |
|
|
Term
| what are cholesterols useful for |
|
Definition
| making steroids and hormones |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| extracted in a solution of H2O and MeOH and chloroform, lipids dissolve in chloroform and can be seperated in sep funnel |
|
|
Term
| adsorption chromatography (column chromatography) |
|
Definition
| type of reversed phase column chromatography, lipids placed into a silicic acid column, polar lipids bind to silicic acid, hydrophobic lipids exit column first |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| lipids placed into gc with inert material, lipids with same character of inert material dissolve in it, lipids with non-similar character are carried off by inert gas. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a single DNA molecule and associating proteins that contains genes, stores and transmits genetic information |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| is the DNA that encodes the primary sequence of some final product (a protein, polypeptide or RNA) |
|
|
Term
| 1 gene encode one product |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the natural sequence of a gene |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| infectious parasties consisting of a genome surrounded by a protein coat |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| virus with DNA as its genetic material, relies on replication with specific DNA polymerase |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| virus that uses RNA as genetic material |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| RNA genome is transcribed |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| RNA genome is used to make RNA template to be transcribed |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| RNA is reverse transcribed to cDNA then inserted into host genome |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| set of an individuals chromosomes |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| exchange of DNA between two different locations |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| RNA sequence that gets removed by RNA splicing |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| RNA sequences that are not spliced out and encode the gene product |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| short sequence repeated thousands of times |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| specialized sequences at the end of a gene that help stabilize a chromosome |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| sequence of DNA that serves as attachment point for proteins that link the chromosome to the mitotic spindel |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| DNA coils coiling around each other |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| axis of DNA coil does not cross itself, no supercoiling |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the number of times a two curves wind around each other |
|
|
Term
| what type of coiling does underwinding cause |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| what type of coiling does overwinding cause |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| negative change in linking number(- sigma) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| positive change in linking number (+sigma) |
|
|
Term
| superhelical density formula |
|
Definition
|
|
