Biochemistry Flashcards

6600519383	Water Properties	High heat Capacity- protects from rapid temp loss High Heat of Vaporization- used to cool organisms Solvent- Speeds up chemical reactions High Surface Tension- hydrogen bonds help organisms walk across water Frozen water is less dense than liquid- freezes from top down	0
6600529819	Dehydration Synthesis	A chemical reaction in which two molecules covalently bond to each other with the removal of a water molecule.	1
6600530423	Hydrolysis	Breaking down complex molecules by the chemical addition of water (to monomers)	2
6600531953	Glucose Structure + Formula	C6H12O6 Carbon backbone	3
6600544719	Dissacharide (forms, sucrose, lactose)	Two monosaccharides bonded together by dehydration synthesis. Sucrose + Lactose gives the body energy	4
6600560937	Polysaccharide (forms + examples)	Chain of monosaccharides bonded together by dehydration synthesis Cellulose- Cell wall for plants Chitin- cell wall for fungi peptidoglycan- cell wall for bacteria	5
6600583687	Triglyceride (structure + sat vs unsat)	Triglyceride- Glycerol + 3 fatty acid tails Saturated has no double bond in the tail while unsaturated does	6
6600598310	Phospholipids (structure + function)	-Head is polar and hydrophilic while the tail is non-polar and hydrophobic -Makes up cell membrane	7
6600608436	Steroids and Waxes (function)	Cell to Cell communication	8
6600613123	Function of Proteins	-Motion -Transport -Defense -Speeds up chemical reactions	9
6600614911	Amino Acid Structure	Amino-Group R-group Carboxylic acid Group Carbon	10
6600627948	Polypeptide	long chain of amino acids that makes proteins	11
6600627949	peptide bond	The chemical bond that forms between the carboxyl group of one amino acid and the amino group of another amino acid	12
6600628434	Shapes of protein		13