Beginning
What does the acronym ATP stand for
Adenosine triphosphate
We breathe oxygen because it serves an important function in what process?
Electron Transport Chain
Organelle that produces ATP
Mitochondrion
What stage of the cell cycle is this? Chromosomes begin to condense, nuclear membrane starts do disappear, Centrosomes start to move
Prophase
TRUE OR False: The gene for insulin is found only in the cells of the pancreas.
False
The sum of all biochemical reactions that take place in the cell is called_______________,
metabolism
What type of energy is stored in the covalent bond between the last two phosphate groups in ATP
Potential Energy
The first codon in every sequence in every gene codes for what amino acid? ___
MET or Methionine
what is the stage of cell division when: All chromatids have spindle fibers attached to the kinetochores, chromosomes completely condensed, all chromosomes lined up in the center of the cell, nuclear envelope has disappeared
Metaphase
The synthesis of proteins
Translation
---NH3 is what functional group?
AMINO
The most abundant protein on earth is _______ and this enzyme is responsible for fixing carbon from the atmosphere into sugar.
Rubisco
When a glucose molecule loses a hydrogen atom as the result of an oxidation-reduction reaction, glucose becomes
Oxidized
Individuals with two of the same alleles are called ______ for that gene.
homozygous
A DNA strand has the following bases A A G C T. What is its complimentary strand?
TTCGA
----COOH is what functional group?
Carboxyl
What special chlorophyll is at the center of Photosystem I?
p700
Produce microtubules during mitosis or meiosis
centrosome or centrioles
On which strand of DNA are the Okazaki fragments made during DNA replication?
Lagging
What enzyme unzips the DNA double helix so that DNA polymerase can bind?
Helicase
Two molecules that are mirror images of one another are called
Enantiomers
The end product of glycolysis is that glucose is broken down into two molecules each with three carbons called _______________________.
`pyruvate`
Organelle that detoxifies poisons, produces steroids, carbohydrates
SMooth ER
What are the three stages of translation
imitation
elongation
termination
DNA is wrapped around proteins called
Histones