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APorter-biochemistry
bio stuff
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Activation Energy | the minimum quantity of energy that the reacting species must possess in order to undergo a specified reaction |
| Activation site | the part of an enzyme that interacts with the substrate during catalysis. |
| Amino acid | an organic compound containing both a carboxyl and an amino group |
| Carbohydrate | a large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues and including sugars, starch, and cellulose. They contain hydrogen and oxygen in the same ratio as water and typically can be broken down to release energy in the animal body. |
| Conformation | a symmetrical arrangement of the parts of a thing |
| dehydration synthesis | a chemical reaction that builds up molecules by losing water molecules. |
| enzyme | a substance produced by a living organism that acts as a catalyst to bring about a specific biochemical reaction. |
| Hydrogen bond | a bond between two molecules resulting from an electrostatic attraction between a proton and a electron atom |
| Hydrolysis | he chemical breakdown of a compound due to reaction with water |
| Lipid | a class of organic compounds that are fatty acids |
| Lock & key machanism | A model for enzyme-substrate interaction suggesting that the enzyme and the substrate possess specific complementary geometric shapes that fit exactly into one another. |
| Macromolocules | molecule containing a very large number of atoms |
| monomer | a molecule that can be bonded to other identical molecules to form a polymer |
| monosaccharide | any of the class of sugars |
| nucleic acid | a complex organic substance present in living cells |
| nucleotide | they form the basic structural unit of nucleic acids such as DNA |
| organic molocuele | An organic compound is any member of a large class of chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon |
| polymer | a substance that has a molecular structure consisting chiefly or entirely of a large number of similar units bonded together |
| Protien | any of a class of nitrogenous organic compounds that consist of large molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids and are an essential part of all living organisms |
| substrate | a substance or layer that underlies something, or on which some process occurs, in particular |
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