Biology- building blocks of life

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99% of the human body is made up of?
Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, phosphorus
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0.85% of the human body is made up of?
Potassium, sulfur, sodium, chlorine, magnesium
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All living things are made up of?
Water, smaller molecules, four classes of large biological molecules (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids)
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Covalent bonding
Non metal bonding by sharing electrons
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ionic bonding
electrostatic attraction by oppositely charged ions
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hydrogen bonding
weak electrostatic bonding due to uneven distribution of electrons in some atoms
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Monomers
single units, smaller molecule
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Polymer
many monomers polymerized (bonded together), large molecule
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Carbohydrate monomer and polymer unit
Monosaccharides
Polysaccharides
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Proteins monomer and polymer unit
Amino acid
Polypeptides and proteins
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Nucleic acid monomer and polymer unit
Nucleotide
nucleic acid
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Monosaccharides
Single monomer
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Oligosaccharide
2-20 monomers
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Polysaccharides
20+ monomers
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Starch
alpha-glucose molecules join and form polymer
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Cellulose
Beta-glucose molecules join and form polymer
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Amylose
linear chains of glucose
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Amylopectin
branched chains of glucose
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Condensation reaction
2 molecules combine to make 1 molecule (peptide bond)
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Covalent bond
formed from removal of water
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Hydrolysis reaction
Water breaks down bonds of particular substance
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Types of fatty acids
Saturated, monunsaturated, polyunsaturated
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What are proteins
Polymers made of monomers (amino acids)
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What are proteins key functions
Transport/ store certain molecules, signalling, defence
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Four levels of protein structure
Primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary
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Amino acid
1, singular unit
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Peptide
2+ amino acid joined
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Polypeptide
chain of amino acids
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Protein
1+ polypeptide = long chains of amino acids help together by peptide bonds
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Factors affecting protein structure
pH, salt concentration, temperature, environmental factors
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denaturation
Loss of proteins native structure, biologically inactive
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renaturation
regains structure and becomes active
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Globular proteins
tightly folded polypeptide chains e.g. insulin
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fibrous proteins
parallel polypeptide chains held together e.g. spiders web
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Protein importance- enzymatic
acceleration of chemical reaction
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protein importance- defensive
Protects against disease
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protein importance- storage
stores amino acids
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protein importance- transport
transports substances
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Amino acids categories
Aliphatic amino acids
Aromatic amino acids
Alcohol amino acids
Basic amino acids
Sulfur-containing amino acids
Amide amino acids
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