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Chapter 5
The Structure & Function of Large Biological Molecules BSC1010
Question | Answer |
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What are the 2 types of nucleic acids? | RNA and DNA |
What type of nucleotide is known as the "energy currency" of the cell? | ATP |
What makes up the primary structure of proteins? | Amino Acid Sequence |
The portion of a phospholipid that is polar and hydrophyllic. | Glycerol Head |
What are the triglyceride molecules that are liquid at room temperature, due to carbon to carbon double bonds in the fatty acid tails which create kinks in the tails? | Unsaturated |
Saccharides, the proper name for sugars, are named by chemists and given what ending? | -ose |
Name 2 types of secondary strucures in proteins. | Beta Pleated Sheet and the Alpha Helix |
Which group of lipids has ring structures instead of fatty acid tails? | steroids |
The building blocks of proteins are _____. | Amino Acids |
An example of an unsaturated fat. | salad oil |
An example of a saturated fat. | lard |
What does RNA stand for? | Ribonucleic Acid |
The portion of the phospholipid that is non-polar and hydrophobic. | Fatty Acid Tails |
What does DNA stand for? | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
Name the 3 parts of an amino acid. | Carboxyl group, amino group and a side "R" chain. |
The building blocks of polysaccharides. | monosaccharides |
What makes the different amino acids unique? | Side "R" chains |
Name the covalent bond which holds the amino acids together in proteins. | Peptide Bonds |
Name a polysaccharide which is indigestible by humans; also known as "fiber"; the structural polysaccharide of plants. | cellulose |
Name all 4 groups of lipids. | Glycerides, steroids, waxes & phospholipids |
What are the 4 classes or organic molecules? | carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids |
What are the building blocks of nucleic acids? | Nucleotides |
Name one example of a monosaccharide. | glucose |
Dissarcharides are named with the "di" prefix because of the number of subunits of sugars. How many would there be? | Two |
What are the 3 parts of a nucleotide? | Phosphate, Sugar & Base |
What are the triglyceride molecules that are solid at room temperature, due to carbon to carbon single bonds in the fatty acid tails? | Saturated |
Name one example of a polysaccharide which is a storage form of glucose in animals. | glycogen |