Aliphatic Amino Acids
Polar Amino Acids
Enzymes
Proteins
Genetic Information
100
Which amino acid has no R group?
Glycine
100
Which amino acid has a phenol R group?
Tyr
100
one way enzymes catalyze a reaction?
lowering the activation energy
100
How many types of amino acids are there?
20
100
the process of making an identical copy of a section of DNA, using existing DNA as a template for the synthesis of new DNA strands.
DNA replication
200
Which amino acid has the R group with a single methyl group?
Alanine
200
Which amino acid has a R group CH2-OH?
Ser
200
what is an active site?
where the substrate binds to the enzyme
200
How are amino acids linked together?
dehydration synethsis
200
a type of weak chemical bond formed between the nitrogenous bases on opposite strands of DNA.
hydrogen bonding
300
Which amino acid has the R group has a ring containing an amine?
Proline
300
Which amino acid has the R group with a thiol group?
Cys
300
do enzyme catalyze exergonic or endogonic reactions?
exergonic
300
How do many proteins act?
as enzymes or biological catalysts.
300
what are the 4 nucleotides?
A,T,G,C
400
Which amino acid has the R group with a sulfur bridge?
Methionine
400
Which amino acid has the R group that contains one methyl and one amide?
Asn
400
what kind of bonds are involved in the initial binding of substrates to the active site?
non covalent bonds
400
Enzymes have what shape?
a glob shape. Globular
400
Who are the two scientists who are accredited on saying that DNA is a double helix in 1953?
James Watson and Francis Crick, in 1953
500
Which amino acid has a branched R group?
Leucine
500
Which amino acid has the R group with two methyls and one amide?
Gln
500
what is a cofactor?
a non protein part of the enzyme that some enzymes require to be active
500
what four things are bonded to the central carbon of every amino acid?
Amino group- NH2, Carboxyl group- COOH, Hydrogen group- H, and Side group- R
500
What does DNA helicase do?
unzip the DNA