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Biochem&cell vocab

Biochemistry and cell vocab

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Uneven distribution of charges in a compound polar
an attraction that holds molecules from substances that are the same together cohesion
same as cohesion but between two different substances adhesion
the force of attraction between a hydrogen molecule with a small positive charge or another molecule w a completely negative charge hydrogen bond
the OH negative ion hydroxide ion
H3O positive ion hydronium ion
if the amount of hydronium ions in a solution is is greater than hydroxide ions then it is a acid
a solution that contains more hydroxide ions than hydronium base
a scale developed by scientist for comparing the concentration of hydronium ions and hydroxide ions ph scale
something that brings an acid or base back to a neutral buffer
primarily made of carbon ions organic compound
carbon compounds that are made from smaller and simpler molecules monomer
molecule with reeated linked units polymer
how monomer link to form polymers condensation reaction
adenosine triphosphate ATP
organic compounds made of carbon hydrogen and oxygen carbohydrate
a monomer of a carbohydrate monosaccharide
when 2 monosaccharides combine in condensation reaction disaccharide
a complex molecule made of 3 or more monosaccharides polysaccharide
organic compounds made of mostly carbon hydrogen oxygen and nitrogen protein
the linkage of monomers amino acid
when two amino acids form a covalent bond peptide bond
long chains formed by amino acids polypeptide
a protein molecule that acts a a catalyst and is required for a living cell enzyme
the reactant being catalyst substrate
an enzyme that has folds active site
big non polar organic molecules lipid
composed of four combined carbon rings w various functional groups attached to them steroid
very big complex organic molecules that store and move important info in cell nucleic acid
dna an Rna are polymers made of thousands of monomers called nucleotide
smallest thing that can carry on all living processes cell
everything within the the plasma membrane of cell except nucleus cytoplasm
cytosol
lacks membrane bound nucleus and organelles prokaryote
organisms made of one or more cells that have nucleus a organelles bounded by membrane eukaryote
intra cellular bodies that do specific things for the cell organelle
network of tubes and filaments that crisscrosses cytosol cytoskeleton
hollow tubes made of protein microtubule
long threads of bread like protein microfilament
hair like structures that extend from cell to help with motion cilium
hair like structures that extend from cell to help with motion flagellum
organelles like mitochondria are double walled and contain its own DNA plastid
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