Chemistry of Life
Molecules that can dissolve in water.
What is Polar/Hydrophilic?
This cellular components come in two forms (textures). This component is used to compartmentalize or detoxify and synthesis lipids
What is the Endoplasmic Reticulum?
A catalysis that shortens the energy needed for a reaction to take place.
What is an enzyme?
This is when cells communicate via contact
What is cell-to-cell contact?
This is the condensed form of chromatin that is used to transfer DNA during the cell cycle.
What is a chromosome?
The backbone of all biological molecules.
What is Carbon?
A series of flattened membrane sacs that correct folding and chemical modification of newly synthesized proteins.
What is the Golgi Complex?
When there is an electron gradient, electrons travel through this protein to create ATP from ADP
What is the ATP synthase?
These are the three steps of signal transduction.
What is reception, transduction, and response?
This is the point in the cell cycle where a cell is not going through cell division.
What is the G0 phase?
This type of process cleaves the bonds between monomers.
What is hydrolysis?
This organelle is used to maintain turgor pressure.
What is the central vacuole?
When an protein structure of an enzyme changes and disables the enzyme's ability to catalyze reactions.
What is denaturing?
This is the ligand that is used to communicate between neurons.
What is a neurotransmitter?
This is the spot on the chromosome where the spindle attaches.
What is the kinetochore?
This part of the protein determines that structure and function of proteins.
What is a R group?
These are the two cellular components that are mainly used to produce energy for the cell.
What is the mitochondria and chloroplast?
These are the two steps of photosynthesis.
What is light dependent reaction and Calvin cycle?
This type of cellular response is important to maintain homeostasis by regulating bodily functions.
What is a negative feedback mechanism?
This is the point of cell division where the cell cytoplasm begins to divide.
What is cytokinesis?
RNA and DNA are composed of this.
What is sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base?
This molecule can easily pass through cell membranes.
What is a small, non-polar molecule?
This bacteria was known to be the prokaryotic organism that produced the oxygenated atmosphere.
What is cyanobacteria?
The cellular response amplifies the original response and the process becomes greater.
What is a positive feedback mechanism?
This is the name of the longest phase of the cell cycle containing G1, S, G2.
What is interphase?