Water
What is another name for water?
"Universal" Solvent / "Elixir of Life
What does the name end in?
"-ase"
What does the name end in?
"-ase"
What is Nucleic Acid?
DNA/RNA
What name do most carbohydrates end in?
"-ose"
What are the strong and weak bonds called?
Strong: Polar Covalent Bond
Weak: Hydrogen Bonds
What is competitive and non-competitive inhabitions?
Competitive: Inhibitors block active site
Non-competitive: non-active site changes how active works when attached to the enzyme
What is a Monomer and Polymer for proteins?
Monomer: Amino acids
Polymer: Polypeptides
What are the monomers and polymers?
Monomers: Nucleotide
Polymers: DNA or RNA
How many rings do Purines and Pyrimidines have?
Purines = 2 rings
Pyrimidines = 1 ring
Explain Hydrolysis and Dehydration synthesis
Hydrolysis: Break down macromolecules by adding water
Dehydration synthesis: Bould monomers into a polymer by removing water
What are the two types of reactions, and what do they do?
Catabolic: cut/splits up substrates
Anabolic: Add/ combine substrates into a single product
What are the bond and elements?
Bond: Peptide Bond
Elements: C H O N (S)
What are the Bonds and Elements?
Bonds: Phosphediester Bond
Elements: C H N O P
What does Thymine go with? What does Guanine go with?
Thymine goes with Adenine. Guanine goes with Cytosine.
What is the difference between Adhesion, Cohesion, and Surface tension?
Adhesion: Water sticks to another substance
Cohesion: Water sticks to water
Surface tension: more hydrogen bonds
What is the Lock and Key method?
When the substrate fits in the active site of the enzyme precisely
What are the uses and examples?
Uses: Transport, storage, defence, etc.
Example: Muscles, proteins, membrane
What are the uses and examples?
Uses: Codes for Genetics
Examples: DNA or RNA
What is the monomer and polymer of a lipid?
Monomer: Fatty Acids + Glycerol
Polymer: Lipids- Triglycerides, phospholipids
Name all the properties of water
Surface tension, Cohesion, Adhesion, Capillary action, High heat capacity, Evaporative Cooling, and "Universal" Solvent
Describe the Feedback Loop
The feedback loop is when the output of the system is used as the input.
What is Denaturation?
Changes protien shape
Name the different parts of the Nucleotide
Phosphate group, sugar, and Nitrogenous Base
Explain the similarity between carbohydrates and lipids
Both have the same elements