Proteins
This is a common molecule used to catalyze chemical reactions.
What is an enzyme.
What atoms make up the a carbohydate
What are carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
Name the components of lipids.
What is carbon and hydrogen
What is biology
What is the study of life
Composed of nucleic acids, this thing is an essential part of life that codes for all proteins.
What is DNA
This is the structural component of proteins.
What are amino acids.
Name a monosaccharide
What is glucose
What lipid is found in biological membranes?
What are phospholipids.
If an atom loses an electron, it is considered a what?
This thing is produced as a part of transcription
What is RNA
This secondary structure coils due to interactions from amino acid R-groups
What is an alpha-helix
What type of reactions allow polysaccharides to form?
What are condensation reactions.
What is needed for a unsaturated fatty acid to be considered unsaturated
What is a double bond.
If a substance is burned, name one of the products
What is H2O, CO2, or energy
This protein is essential for protein production during translation.
What is a ribosome
Name one of two ways proteins can be denatured
What is the main function of carbohydrates.
What is energy
What is the name of a lipid that is amphipathic
In a condensation reaction what is a byproduct.
What is water
This process describes the whole process of DNA to RNA to proteins.
What is the central dogma of molecular genetics
Name the most common protein in the body.
What is collagen
What kind of bond is found in cellulose that makes its so humans cannot break it down.
What is a name for the structure that phospholipids form as a membrane.
What is the fluid mosaic model / lipid bilayer
pH measures what in a solution.
What is the H+ / proton concentration.
In the 6 atoms of life, one of them is unique to nucleic acids, which one is it.
What is phosphorus.