Biochemistry/Misc.
This element is the backbone of biological molecules
What is carbon?
The long chains of macromolecules are made up of smaller molecules called this
What are monomers?
Proteins have up to this many layers of structure
What is four?
The generic name for a molecule that speeds a chemical reaction up
What is a catalyst?
Catalase is an example of this
What is an enzyme?
A disease passed on to humans via beef that causes neurological problems
What is Mad Cow Disease?
A long chain of monomers bonded together
What is a polymer?
The base polypeptide chain of a protein is known as this level of structure
The name given to the chemicals that an enzyme helps react
What is substrate?
Give two examples of living things that have catalase in their cells
What are potatoes/humans/chickens/?!?!
Polar bonds create regions on molecules that are hydro______
What is hydrophillic
The monomer of proteins
What is an amino acid?
Proteins ______ together to make the tertiary structure
The part of an enzyme where substrates attach to be catalyzed
What is the active site?
Hydrogen peroxide is _______ to living cells
What is toxic?
An attraction between H and O/N/F on two different molecules
What is a hydrogen bond?
A reaction used to bond together monomers by taking water away
What is dehydration synthesis?
At this level of protein structure, alpha helices and beta pleated sheets form
What is secondary?
Catalysts speed reactions up by doing this
What is lowering activation energy?
The bubbles produced by catalase and hydrogen peroxide are most likely this gas
What is oxygen?
The name for misfolded proteins that may cause cells to die - thought to be the culprit behind Mad Cow Disease
What are prions?
A reaction used to break down polymers into their monomer parts
What is hydrolysis?
The process of a protein unfolding
What is denaturing?
Two environmental factors that affect enzyme function
What is pH and temperature?
Catalase does this for living cells
What is decomposes hydrogen peroxide?