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Chapter 1
PBSC The Microbial World & You MCB2010 259712 MICROBIOLOGY
Question | Answer |
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What are the triglyceride molecules that are solid at room temperature, due to carbon to carbon single bonds in the fatty acid tails? | Saturated |
The building blocks of proteins are _____. | Amino acids |
An example of a saturated fat. | Lard |
Name the covalent bond which holds the amino acids together in proteins. | Peptide Bonds |
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 |
What makes up the primary structure of proteins? | Amino Acid Sequence |
What are the 3 parts of a nucleotide? | Phosphate, Sugar, Base |
Name one example of a monosaccharide. | glucose |
The portion of a phospholipid that is polar and hydrophyllic. | Glycerol Head |
Name 2 types of secondary strucures in proteins. | Alpha helix, beta pleated sheet |
What are the 4 classes or organic molecules? | carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids |
Name one example of a polysaccharide which is a storage form of glucose in plants. | Starch |
What are the 2 types of nucleic acids? | DNA and RNA |
The portion of the phospholipid that is non-polar and hydrophobic. | Fatty acid tails |
An example of an unsaturated fat. | Salad oil |
What are the building blocks of nucleic acids? | Nucleotides |
Name a polysaccharide which is indigestible by humans; also known as "fiber"; the structural polysaccharide of plants. | Cellulose |
The building blocks of polysaccharides. | Monosaccharides |
What does DNA stand for? | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
What does RNA stand for? | Ribonucleic Acid |