Proteins: The Building Blocks of Life

Which biomolecule accounts for more than 50% of the dry mass of most cells?

What is the classification of proteins based on their solubility and composition?

Which type of protein is readily soluble in water, dilute acids, and alkalies, and coagulates by heat?

Which type of protein yields only amino acids upon hydrolysis?

What are enzymes?

Mitochondria is a double membrane bound organelle found in the cytoplasm of ______ cells.

The term mitochondria was coined by Carl Benda in ______.

Mitochondria produce enzymes for the metabolic conversion of food to ______.

Mitochondria are responsible for the conversion of nutrients into energy– yielding molecule ATP to fuel the cell's ______.

Aerobic respiration involves: Glycolysis, Krebs cycle, and Electron transport ______.

The closest extant relatives of Bacteria that gave rise to mitochondria are ______.

Mitochondrial membranes outer membrane relatively ______

Inner membrane ______ only to those things with specific transporters

Impermeable to NADH and ______

Permeable to ______

Kreb's and β-oxidation in ______

Possess ribosomes, circular DNA to manufacture their own RNAs and ______

Mitochondria convert the chemical energy of reduced carbon compounds into ______

Chloroplasts convert light energy to the energy of reduced carbon ______

Electrons ultimately reduce oxygen to ______

The glycerol phosphate shuttle transfers electrons from NADH to dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP) to form glycerol 3-phosphate, which shuttles them into the ______