Biochemistry Chapter on Lipids and Reactions
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What are unsaturated fatty acids?

  • Liquid at room temperature (correct)
  • Solid at room temperature
  • Not saturated with hydrogen bonds (correct)
  • Have double bonds in carbon chain (correct)

    • What is the major function of fats?

    Storing energy

    Which statement describes phospholipids?

  • Two hydrophilic fatty acid tails
  • Hydrophobic phosphate head
  • Major components of cell membranes (correct)
  • Forms a phospholipid monolayer

    • What do anabolic reactions involve?

    <p>Construction of complex molecules</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are catabolic reactions characterized by?

    <p>The release of energy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are nucleic acids made of?

    <p>Polymers of nucleotide monomers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of nucleic acids?

    <p>Store and transmit hereditary information</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following are types of nucleic acids?

    <p>Ribonucleic acid (RNA)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main function of DNA?

    <p>Store information, direct RNA synthesis and control protein synthesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main function of RNA?

    <p>Translate DNA into polypeptides</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are nucleotides composed of?

    <p>Nitrogenous base</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A nucleoside contains a phosphate group.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a phosphodiester bond?

    <p>Binds nucleotides together to form polynucleotides</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following describe pyrimidines?

    <p>Nucleotides with one ring structure</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which describe purines?

    <p>Nucleotides with two ring structures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    RNA is usually double stranded.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is DNA structured?

    <p>Forms hydrogen bonds between base pairs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the complementary base pairing rules in DNA?

    <p>Cytosine with Guanine, Thymine with Adenine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens during transcription?

    <p>Information from DNA is transferred to messenger RNA</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is translation?

    <p>Ribosomal complex attaches to mRNA to form a polypeptide</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the central dogma of molecular biology?

    <p>DNA transcribed into RNA, which is translated into proteins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are proteins composed of?

    <p>Polymers of amino acids</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes amino acids?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are peptides?

    <p>Both A and C</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Polar amino acids have nonpolar side chains.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of cysteine in proteins?

    <p>Forms disulfide bridges to determine protein folding</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is unique about glycine?

    <p>Single hydrogen atom in the side chain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What distinguishes proline from other amino acids?

    <p>Ring structure</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are peptide bonds?

    <p>Covalent bonds between amino acids</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What defines the primary structure of a protein?

    <p>Amino acid sequence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is secondary structure in proteins?

    <p>Alpha helices and beta-pleated sheets</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is tertiary structure in proteins?

    <p>Bonds between variable groups of amino acids</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characterizes quaternary structure of proteins?

    <p>Combination of multiple polypeptides</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key feature of enzymes?

    <p>Not altered permanently</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are ribozymes?

    <p>Catalytic RNA molecules</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the active site of an enzyme?

    <p>Area where substrates are held</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a substrate in enzymatic reactions?

    <p>The reactant that binds to an enzyme</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an enzyme-substrate complex?

    <p>Formed when substrates bind to the active site</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is induced fit in enzyme activity?

    <p>Enzyme shape changes to fit the substrate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are cofactors?

    <p>Nonprotein organic compounds/inorganic ions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are prosthetic groups?

    <p>Non-amino acid groups permanently attached to enzymes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are coenzymes?

    <p>Organic molecules that assist enzymes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a metabolic pathway?

    <p>Step-by-step enzyme-mediated process</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are enzyme inhibitors?

    <p>Substances that stop enzyme activity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What describes irreversible inhibition?

    <p>Prevents substrate binding</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characterizes competitive inhibitors?

    <p>Both A and B</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do noncompetitive inhibitors work?

    <p>Change enzyme shape</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is allosteric regulation?

    <p>Changing enzyme activity through binding elsewhere</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are allosteric activators?

    <p>Molecules that enhance enzyme activity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do allosteric inhibitors do?

    <p>Inhibit enzyme activity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What role do protein kinases serve?

    <p>Add phosphate groups to proteins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do protein phosphatases do?

    <p>Remove phosphate groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is feedback inhibition?

    <p>End product inhibits first enzyme in pathway</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the commitment step in a metabolic pathway?

    <p>First reaction in the pathway that is regulated</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are isozymes?

    <p>Enzymes that catalyze the same reactions but different properties</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the cell theory?

    <p>Cells are the smallest functional unit of life</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the plasma membrane?

    <p>Selectively permeable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells have?

    <p>Ribosomes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does describe prokaryotic cells?

    <p>One circular chromosome</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What describes eukaryotic cells?

    <p>Double nuclear membrane</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the three major parts of eukaryotic cells?

    <p>Cytoplasm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What occurs in the nucleus?

    <p>DNA replication and transcription</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are chromosomes made of?

    <p>Proteins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the nuclear envelope?

    <p>Double membrane surrounding the nucleus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the function of the nucleolus?

    <p>Production of ribosomal RNA (rRNA)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are ribosomes made of?

    <p>rRNA and protein complex</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the cytoplasm?

    <p>Everything within the cell except the nucleus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the endomembrane system?

    <p>Regulates protein traffic in the cell</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the rough ER do?

    <p>Studded with ribosomes, synthesizes proteins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the function of smooth ER?

    <p>Synthesizes lipids and detoxifies molecules</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Golgi apparatus's function?

    <p>Modifies and ships products from the ER</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do lysosomes do?

    <p>Break down large molecules</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is phagocytosis?

    <p>Cells engulf material forming phagosomes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characterizes primary lysosomes?

    <p>Arise from the Golgi apparatus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What defines a secondary lysosome?

    <p>Formed when primary lysosomes fuse with phagosomes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is autophagy?

    <p>Destruction of old cell parts by lysosomes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What organelles are not part of the endomembrane system?

    <p>Mitochondria</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main function of mitochondria?

    <p>Powerhouse of the cell</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which is a function of chloroplasts?

    <p>Photosynthesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is chlorophyll?

    <p>Photosynthetic pigment in plants</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are thylakoids?

    <p>Sacs that form stacks in chloroplasts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is stroma?

    <p>Fluid outside thylakoid membranes in chloroplasts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What similarities exist between mitochondria and chloroplasts?

    <p>Double membranes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are peroxisomes?

    <p>Organelles that break down toxic by-products</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are glyoxysomes?

    <p>Organelles converting stored lipids to carbohydrates in plants</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are vacuoles?

    <p>Increase cell size with water</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What makes up the cytoskeleton?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are microfilaments made of?

    <p>Actin protein</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of intermediate filaments?

    <p>Anchor the nucleus and organelles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are microtubules?

    <p>Hollow tubes made of tubulin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are cilia?

    <p>Hair-like structures made from microtubules</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characterizes flagella?

    <p>Longer than cilia and move in a snake-like motion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do cell walls do in plants?

    <p>Maintain shape and volume</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the extracellular matrix?

    <p>Gel-like matrix of glycoproteins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are cell junctions?

    <p>Connections formed between adjacent cells</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are plasmodesmata?

    <p>Connections in plant cells allowing cytoplasm flow</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are tight junctions?

    <p>Seal off adjoining animal cells</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are desmosomes?

    <p>Affix cells into strong sheets</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Unsaturated Fatty Acids

    • Not saturated with hydrogen, characterized by double bonds or kinks in the carbon chain.
    • Remain liquid at room temperature, important for cell membrane fluidity.

    Fat Function

    • Major role is energy storage within organisms.

    Phospholipids

    • Composed of a hydrophilic phosphate head and two hydrophobic fatty acid tails.
    • Essential components of cell membranes, forming a bilayer that arranges with hydrophilic heads facing outward and hydrophobic tails inward.

    Anabolic Reactions

    • Involve the synthesis of complex molecules from simpler ones; require energy input.
    • Considered endergonic reactions, where the free energy of products exceeds that of the reactants.

    Catabolic Reactions

    • Break down complex molecules into simpler ones, releasing energy.
    • Classified as exergonic reactions, where the free energy of products is less than that of reactants.

    Nucleic Acids

    • Polymers made up of nucleotide monomers, crucial for storing and transmitting genetic information.

    Function of Nucleic Acids

    • Store, transmit, and utilize hereditary information through genes.

    Major Nucleic Acid Types

    • Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA).

    DNA Functions

    • Stores genetic information, directs RNA synthesis, and controls protein synthesis.

    RNA Functions

    • Translates DNA sequences into polypeptides (proteins).

    Nucleotide Structure

    • Comprised of a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base.

    Nucleoside Structure

    • Consists of a pentose sugar and a nitrogenous base.

    Phosphodiester Bond

    • Links nucleotides through a condensation reaction; connects the hydroxyl group on the 3' carbon of one nucleotide to the phosphate group on the 5' carbon of another, forming the backbone of polynucleotides.

    Pyrimidines and Purines

    • Pyrimidines: single-ringed nucleotides (Cytosine, Thymine/Uracil in RNA).
    • Purines: double-ringed nucleotides (Adenine, Guanine).

    RNA Structure

    • Typically single-stranded; can fold back on itself through hydrogen bonding.

    DNA Structure

    • Double helix structure, with hydrogen bonds forming between complementary bases (A-T and C-G pairing).

    Base Pairing Rules

    • DNA: C pairs with G, T pairs with A; RNA: C pairs with G, U pairs with A.
    • C-G bonds are stronger than A-T bonds.

    Transcription

    • The process of transferring genetic information from DNA to messenger RNA (mRNA) within the nucleus.

    Translation

    • Involves the formation of a polypeptide (protein) where a ribosomal complex interprets mRNA.

    Central Dogma

    • Describes the flow of genetic information: DNA → RNA → Protein.

    Proteins

    • Polymers of amino acids, perform multiple roles including enzymatic activities, defense, regulation, and transport.

    Amino Acids

    • Composed of 20 common types; consist of an amino group, carboxyl group, and a variable side chain (R group).

    Peptides

    • Short chains of amino acids (20 or fewer), often act as signaling molecules or hormones.

    Polar and Nonpolar Amino Acids

    • Polar amino acids have hydrophilic side chains.
    • Nonpolar amino acids are hydrophobic with nonpolar side chains.

    Cysteine, Glycine, Proline

    • Cysteine: Contains thiol groups, forms disulfide bridges, influencing protein folding.
    • Glycine: Smallest amino acid, fits into tight spaces in proteins.
    • Proline: Contains a ring structure, affecting protein geometry.

    Peptide Bonds

    • Covalent bonds formed between amino acids during dehydration synthesis; growth occurs from the amino terminus to the carboxyl terminus.

    Protein Structures

    • Primary: Sequence of amino acids.
    • Secondary: Local folding patterns like α-helices and β-pleated sheets.
    • Tertiary: Overall 3D structure formed by interactions between R-groups.
    • Quaternary: Arrangement of multiple polypeptides into functional units.

    Enzymes

    • Specialized proteins that catalyze reactions without being consumed; commonly end in -ase.

    Active Site and Substrate

    • Active site: Area on enzyme where substrates bind specifically.
    • Substrate: The reactant that undergoes a chemical change during enzymatic reaction.

    Enzyme-Substrate Complex and Induced Fit

    • Complex forms when substrates bind; induced fit model describes how binding alters shape to enhance catalysis.

    Cofactors and Prosthetic Groups

    • Cofactors: Non-protein components required for enzyme activity (may be inorganic).
    • Prosthetic groups: Non-amino acid compounds permanently attached to enzymes.

    Enzyme Regulation

    • Competitive inhibitors: Compete with substrates for active site binding.
    • Noncompetitive inhibitors: Bind elsewhere, altering enzyme shape and function.
    • Allosteric regulation: Modulation of enzyme activity through non-active site binding.

    Feedback Inhibition

    • Pathway regulation where the end product inhibits the first enzyme to prevent overproduction.

    Cell Theory

    • All living organisms are made of cells, the cell is the basic unit of life, and all cells arise from pre-existing cells.

    Plasma Membrane

    • Acts as an outer barrier, selectively permeable; regulates entry/exit of substances.

    Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic Cells

    • Both contain DNA, ribosomes, cytosol, and a plasma membrane.
    • Prokaryotic: No membrane-bound organelles, with a single circular chromosome.
    • Eukaryotic: Membrane-bound organelles, multiple chromosomes within a nuclear envelope.

    Eukaryotic Cell Parts

    • Major components include the nucleus, cytoplasm, and plasma membrane.

    Nucleus and Chromosomes

    • Nucleus: Site of DNA replication and transcription, containing a nucleolus for rRNA synthesis.
    • Chromosomes: Structures made from condensed chromatin, housing genetic information.

    Ribosomes

    • Composed of rRNA and proteins; essential for protein synthesis, either free in cytoplasm or attached to the rough ER.

    Endomembrane System

    • Composed of various organelles (e.g., ER, Golgi apparatus, lysosomes) involved in the synthesis, modification, and transport of proteins.

    Endoplasmic Reticulum

    • Rough ER: Studded with ribosomes for protein production and modification.
    • Smooth ER: Synthesizes lipids and detoxifies harmful substances.

    Golgi Apparatus

    • Modifies ER products and dispatches them to destinations within or outside the cell.

    Lysosomes

    • Contain hydrolytic enzymes for breaking down macromolecules; involved in intracellular digestion.

    Mitochondria and Chloroplasts

    • Mitochondria: Site of ATP production through cellular respiration, double-membraned structure.
    • Chloroplasts: Convert light energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis, also double-membraned.

    Cytoskeleton

    • Network of protein filaments providing structural support and facilitating organelle movement.

    Cell Junctions

    • Specialized structures that connect and bind adjacent cells; types include tight junctions, desmosomes, and plasmodesmata in plants for cytoplasmic flow.

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