Carbohydrates
What is the simplest form/ building block of carbohydrates?
What is a Monosaccharide.
Two biological significance of lipids
What are:
- Hormones
- Cell Communication
- Structural
- Energy
What are the building blocks of Nucleic Acids?
What are Nucleotides.
This is an inherited blood disorder that results from a single amino acid substitution in the protein hemoglobin.
What is Sickle-Cell Anaemia
Enzymes are examples of
Proteins
What am I? C6 H12 O6
What is glucose.
What are the most biologically important lipids?
What are Phospholipids, Steroids, Fats
Polynucleotides are linked by these bonds.
What are Phosphodiester bonds
What are the building blocks of protein known as?
What are Amino Acids
Main use of a phospholipid in cells
What is the Cell membrane
This polysaccharide serves as a storage unit in plants
Made of 3 fatty acids and 1 glycerol is this molecule
What is a Tricgylceride
Differences between RNA and DNA
What are:
Ribose instead of Deoxyribose
Uracil replaces Thymine
RNA usually single strand
What are Peptide Bonds
This is used to make DNA and RNA in the body.
What is Nucleic Acids
What are the components of starch?
What is Amylose and Amylopectin
The linkage between a fatty acid and a glycerol is known as this
What is an Ester Linkage
These are the components of a Nucleotide.
What are:
- Nitrogenous Base
- Pentose Sugar
- Phosphate Group
These 4 components make up an amino acid.
What is the:
- Carboxyl Group
- R Group (Side Chain)
- H Atom
- Amino Group
These atoms are most abundant in the body
What is C,H,O,N.
What is the bond that joins two monosaccharides together called?
What is a glycosidic bond.
The main difference between an unsaturated fat and a saturated one
What is the presence of a double bond
The amino acid sequence of a polypeptide is programmed by a unit of inheritance called a
What are the 4 levels of protein structure?
- Primary
- Secondary
- Tertiary
- Quaternary
If a DNA strand contains the sequence 5ʹ-ATTCCGGATCGA-3ʹ, which of the following is the sequence of the complementary strand of RNA?
What is
5'- UAAGGUAGCU -3'