Types
Chemical Structure
Structural Identification
Enzymes
Biochemistry
100
The 4 major categories of Macromolecules
What are: Proteins, Lipids, Carbohydrates, and Nucleic Acids
100
This kind of fatty acid tail only has single bonds with carbon atoms
What is saturated
100
The three identifiers of Carbohydrates
What are: CH2O, ring structure, and the presence of monomers
100
The location where the enzyme links with it's substrate
What is the active site
100
Define: Covalent Bond
What is a bond in which atoms SHARE.
200
Enzymes are included in this macromolecule category
What are proteins
200
This type of tail has at least one double bond
What is unsaturated
200
The three identifiers of Lipids
What are: Fatty acid tails, phosphate groups and (for steroids): 4 rings fused together
200
What would happen is enzymes were NOT present?
What is that chemical reactions would occur too slowly to maintain life.
200
The charge of an Electron
What is negative
300
This macromolecule is composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and serves as an energy source/storage
What is a carbohydrate
300
Steroids are composed of ____(#) carbon rings fused with a _______ group
What is 4 / Functional
300
The 3 identifiers of Proteins
What are: Carboxyl Group, Amino Groups, and COOH
300
One thing that enzymes DO NOT do
What is they increase the amount of product
300
Define: Atomic Number
What is the # of protons in an atom
400
These store and transmit genetic information
What is a nucleic acid
400
Proteins are composed of this
What are amino acids
400
The identifier for nucleic acids
What is: 3 distinct parts
400
(true/false) Any enzymes can work with any substrate
What is false
400
Define: Orbital
What is the 3D region around the nucleus that indicates the probable location of an electron.
500
These macromolecules make up biological membranes
What is lipids
500
Nucleic Acids are composed of many of these
What are nucleotides
500
This type of macromolecule is composed of:Monomers, has a ring structure, and always includes the ratio: CH2O
What are Carbohydrates
500
Once the enzyme is attached to the substrate, it is called
What is an "enzyme-substrate complex"
500
define: isotope
What is atoms of the same element that have different numbers of protons/neutrons. The additional neutrons change the mass of the element
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