Biochemistry Flashcards

7278231893	Properties of Water	density, universal solvent, cohesion, adhesion, heat capacity, capillary action, polarity high heat of vaporization	0
7278260885	polar molecule	a molecule with one positively charged side and one negatively charged side	1
7278270809	types of bonds in a water molecule	covalent and hydrogen	2
7278277506	covalent bonds	result in high cohesion and high surface tension	3
7278280072	cohesion	attraction between two like substances	4
7278281458	adhesion	attraction between two different substances	5
7278286548	hydrophilic	substances that dissolve in water	6
7278289430	hydrophobic	substances that don't dissolve in water due to the lack of charged poles and non-polarity	7
7278295479	high heat capacity	water can hold onto heat really well, hard to heat up and cool down	8
7278299228	solution	dissolved substances	9
7278301422	suspension	keep substances separate, and suspended in liquid	10
7278305963	capillary action	the tendency of water to rise in a tube	11
7278307284	heat of vaporization	the quantity of heat a liquid must absorb for one gram to evaporate	12
7278313695	biomolecules	what food is made of (aka macromolecules)	13
7278315569	monomer	building block of a substance	14
7278317730	carbohydrates	fast source of energy, made of monosaccharides, CHO	15
7278436274	parts of carbs	monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides	16
7278320861	lipids	made of glycerol and fatty acid, insulation, long term energy, make up cell membranes, too much is unhealthy (aka fats), CHO	17
7278326501	proteins	made up of amino acids, muscle development, immune system and enzymes, dan codes = proteins, CHON	18
7278433268	hair, nails and skin	made of proteins	19
7278331676	nucleic acids	dna and rna, made of nucleotides, coding of traits, cannot be gotten from food, CHONP	20
7278341429	macromolecules	large molecules	21
7278343054	simple sugars	instant energy	22
7278344638	complex sugars	slightly longer lasting energy	23
7278348619	saturated fat	fat that is solid at room temperature	24
7278350829	unsaturated fat	fat that is liquid at room temperature	25
7278352339	triglycerides	fats	26
7278359867	enzymes	one task machines made of proteins	27
7278363582	substrate	the raw material an enzyme needs to do its job	28
7278365670	active site	the part of the enzyme that touches and manipulates the substrate	29
7278370300	lock and key model	substrate fits into the active site	30
7278371909	induced fit model	the substrate causes the active site to change shape slightly to accommodate it	31
7278377905	enzyme-substrate complex	enzyme and substrate are stuck together before the enzyme's active site breaks the bond	32
7278386226	can reactions occur without a certain enzyme?	yes, but it happens too slowly for the cell's needs	33
7278392902	allosteric sites	sites where other molecules can bind to change to enzyme's speed or ability to do its job	34
7278395800	competitive inhibitor	a molecule that fits into the active site and slows down the enzyme by blocking the substrate	35
7278400929	noncompetitive inhibitor	a molecule that fits into the allosteric site and causes the enzyme to work less efficiently or slower	36
7278406142	activator	a molecule that fits into the allosteric site and allows the enzyme to work faster and more efficiently	37
7278413028	enzymatic pathway	a series of enzymes that act like an assembly line to complete a task for the cell	38
7278419814	feedback inhibition	the end product serves as an inhibitor for the first enzyme in the pathway	39
7278425153	side products	the result of splitting substrates in an enzymatic pathway to create the end product	40
7278442040	are enzymatic pathways affected by temperature?	yes, cold = slower, hot = faster	41