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| living entity made up of one or more cells |
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| five fundamental characteristics of organisms |
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energy
cells
information
replication
evolution |
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| number of protons and neutrons |
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| binding between like molecules |
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| bonding between unlike molecules |
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| substances that give up protons during chemical reactions and raise the hydrogen ion concentration of water |
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| molecules or ions that acquire protons during chemical reactions and lower hydrogen ion concentration of water |
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| compounds that minimize changes in pH (mostly weak acids) |
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| when forward and reverse reactions proceed at same rate |
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| capacity to do work or to supply heat |
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| amount of disorder in a group of molecules, S |
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spontaneous
deltaG is less than 0 |
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non-spontaneous
deltaG is greater than 0 |
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central C that bonds to:
H2N
COOH (carboxyl group)
H
variable side chain |
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| same chemical formula but different structures |
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| polypeptide chain sequence |
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| ordered, H-bonded alpha helices and/or beta sheets |
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overall shape that polypeptide adopts
result of hydrogen bonding, hydrophobic interactions, VanderWaal's forces, disulfide, ionic |
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| quaternary structure examples |
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| difference between ribose and deoxyribose |
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| ribose has expected -OH group at 2' position, while deoxyribose has only -H |
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link between nucleic acid
condensation reaction between 5' phosphate group of one nucleic acid and 3' OH of next nucleic acid |
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| stronger/weaker base pairing |
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C-G pair has triple hydrogen bond
A-T pair has double hydrogen bond |
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can form loops because of complementarity
can even form tertiary and quaternary structure sometimes |
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| monosaccharide with carbonyl group at end |
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| monosaccharide with carbonyl group in middle |
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| ways monosaccharides vary |
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location of carbonyl group
number of carbon atoms present
spatial arrangement of their atom
linear and alternative ring forms |
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covalent linkage of two monosaccharides
H2O released
can form between any two of monomers' -OH groups |
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