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Cells and Tissue - Parker
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05/21/2007

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What molecule is the most abundent in the human body? At what percent?
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Water, 75-80%
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What are the 7 macronutrients?
Definition
hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, sulfur, phosphorus, calcium
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Nonpolar amino acids are hydrophillic or hydrophobic?
Definition
hydrophobic
Polar amino acids are the opposite
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What type of bonds share electrons b/w 2 atoms?
Definition
covalent bond
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What type of bond is it when when atom has the shared electron more than the other atom? What 2 elements are the most common? Give an example?
Definition
(1) polar covalent bond
(2)oxygen and nitrogen
(3)H2O
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What type of bond shares electrons equally?
Definition
nonpolar covalent bond
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What type of bond transfer electrons, when one electron is moved from an element to another?
Definition
Ionic bond
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What bond is important in secondary structure of protein and DNA. Important in macromolecules?
Definition
Hydrogen Bonds
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What type of bond is found in macromolecules in area of double covalent bond such as aromatic rings of aromatic amino acids?
Definition
van der Waals ineractions
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What are the 4 most common bonds with Carbon?
Definition
carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen
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Which element forms stable compounds, and requires high energy to break?
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carbon
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What is it called when a carbon has 4 different attached groups?
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asymmetric carbon (chiral center)
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What does amphipathic mean?
Definition
Its a macromolecule that has both polar and nonpolar regions.
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What is it called when H2O is released?
Definition
condensation
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T/F Larger, more complex proteins, especially composed of more than one polypeptide require a chaporone?
Definition
True
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What type of bond links proteins?
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Peptide bonds
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What are chains of amino acids joined by peptide bonds?
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polypeptides
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What is difference b/w monomeric and multimeric?
Definition
proteins are either composed of a single polypeptide or multiple polypeptides.
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What are the 8 functions of proteins?
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enzymes, structural, motor, transport, storage, signal, receptors, regulate gene expression
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T/F Lipids are generally hydrophobic?
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true
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Name the 7 classes of lipids?
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fatty acids, triglycerides, phospholipids, sphinogolipids, glycolipids, steroids, terpenes
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T/F Saturated fatty acids have one or more double bonds?
Definition
False, saturated fats are all single bonds, unsaturated fats have one or more double bonds.
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Oils/Fats are mostly saturated/unsaturated?
Definition
oils - unsaturated
fats - saturated
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T/F phospholipids are found in cell membranes?
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True
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T/F sphingosine are found in cell membranes?
Definition
False - they are found in nerve cells
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What is the most common steroid and is essential for us?
Definition
Cholesterol
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What is three 6-carbon rings plus one 5-carbon ring?
Definition
steroid
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T/F glycolipids are smphipathic b/c of sugar group?
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True
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