Amino Acids
How many different R groups and amino acids are there?
What is 20
Proteins are widely known as one of the four what that make up living things.
What are macromolecules?
The elements or compounds that enter into a chemical reaction are known as what.
What are reactants?
Do enzymes act as biological catalysts that increase the rate of chemical reactions by lowering or highering the activation energy?
What is lowering?
Digestion starts in the mouth where what kind of digestion occurs?
What is mechanical digest?
Amino acids are joined together by what bonds?
What is peptide?
Name one food protein is found in.
What are, fish, meat, bans, and eggs?
The elements or compounds produced by a chemical reaction are known as what.
What are products?
The ending of the enzyme’s name typically ends in?
What is -ase?
What is the ball of food called that gets pushed down the esophagus?
What is bolus?
Do non-polar amino acids have a negative or positive charge?
What is positive?
Proteins act as what three things?
What are hormones, antibodies, and enzymes?
Activation energy is the what needed for a chemical reaction?
What is the initial input of energy?
Are enzymes used up or changed during the reaction?
What is yes?
The stomache wall is protected by lubricating it?
What is mucus?
Amino acids are composed of what four sometimes five elements?
What are Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, and sometimes Sulfur?
How are proteins made and how are they broken apart?
What are dehydration synthesis and Hydrolosys?
What do Chemical reactions result in to form new molecules?
What is the rearrangement of molecules?
The substrate of an enzyme is the what that is activated by the enzyme.
What are reactants?
What organ stors glucose, makes protiens, and breaks down toxic substances?
What is the liver?
What does 'R' represent in the r group?
What is 'rest of the molecule'?
What are the four levels of structure for a protein?
What are primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary?
True or False, activation energy is involved in almost all chemical reactions, whether the overall reaction releases or absorbs energy.
What is this is true?
A region on the enzyme that is specific to the substrate.
What is the active site?
What organ produces enzymes (amylase, proteases like trypsin, and lipase that breaks down lipids)?
What is the pancreas?