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Undergraduate 2
12/14/2010

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Term
in formation of glucose from photosynthesis, ______ is reduced and ______ is oxidized
Definition
carbon; oxygen
Term
most abundant source of carbon on earth ______; it was ________
Definition
CO2; reduced
Term
nonpolar amino acids interact via _______, polar amino acids interact via ______ and charged amino acids interact via _________
Definition
van der Waals interactions; hydrogen bonds; ionic bonds
Term
hydrogen bonds
Definition
weak attractive interaction that can occur between some polar uncharged molecules or different polar functional groups within the same molecule
Term
alpha-helices are a common form of protein _______ structure
Definition
secondary
Term
Franklin's contribution to the elucidation of DNA structure
Definition
solved crystal structure of DNA and determined it's helical
Term
both RNA and proteins can ______
Definition
fold into a variety of complicated tertiary structures
Term
main storage form of carbs in animal cells is _______, a chain of monosaccharides connected by _______
Definition
glycogen; a1,4 glycosidic bonds
Term
bacteria usually have _______
Definition
one large supercoiled circular chromosome
Term
fatty acids contain more chemical energy than carbs b/c
Definition
most of the carbons in fatty acid are attached to 2 Hs, where most carbs are attached to one H and one hydroxyl group
Term
replacing short chain fatty acids with long chain fatty acids would _______ the fluidity of a lipid bilayer
Definition
decrease
Term
increase fluidity of lipid bilayer
Definition
- replace saturation fatty acids w/ unsaturated fatty acids
- raise temp
- lower pressure
Term
peripheral membrane proteins interact with ____
Definition
just one surface of the membrane
Term
peroxisomes
Definition
found in both plant and animal cells
Term
intracellular receptors for steroid hormones function as ____
Definition
DNA binding proteins that regulate gene expression
Term
G proteins are active when ______, inactive when ____
Definition
bound to GTP; bound to GDP
Term
motor protein myosin interacts with
Definition
actin filaments
Term
intermediate filaments
Definition
not frequently broken down and reformed by the cell
Term
defects in cadherins will effect
Definition
desmosomes
Term
proteins go from rough ER to Golgi
Definition
Term
during cellular respiration, energy to generate proton gradient across inner mitochondrial membrane comes from
Definition
energy release as electrons passed to progressively more electronegative things in ETC
Term
products of glycolysis
Definition
ATP, pyruvate, NADH
Term
bacterial biofilms made of
Definition
polysaccharides
Term
expect to see a thin, dense ECM called basal lamina in
Definition
epithelial tissues
Term
find ATP synthase in
Definition
chloroplasts and mitochondria
Term
eukaryotic cells growing w/o oxygen will not ____
Definition
carry out oxidative phosphorylation
Term
glycolysis regulated by feedback inhibition
Definition
ATP
Term
cellular respiration of oxidation of glucose
Definition
glycolysis, conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA, Krebs cycle, generation of proton motive force, oxidative phosphorylation
Term
cyclic phosphorylation
Definition
make more ATP, less NADPH
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