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Midterm One bio

1.

Chemical [blank] are pure substances consisting of a single type of atom

elements

2.

Atoms contain a nucleus made up of [blank] with positive charges and [blank] that are without charge.

proton and neutron

3.

The nucleus is surrounded by [blank] that have [blank] charges and occur in discrete regions called [blanks] that are grouped into "shells"

electron; negative; orbital

4.

The chemical properties of an atom, that is, the kinds of chemical reactions it has with other atoms or molecules, are determined by properties of its outermost orbitals or [blank] shell

valence

5.

Two atoms will react with each if it leads to a more stable state, specifically so that they both have [blank] valence shells.

filled/full

6.

In a Eukaryotic Cell: A double membrane-bound organelle that contains genetic information encoded on chromosomes

Nucleus

7.

In a Eukaryotic Cell: A complex of RNA and protein that is the site of protein synthesis

Ribosomes

8.

In a Eukaryotic Cell: Network of membranes containing enzymes that are responsible for synthezing lipids

Smooth ER

9.

In a Eukaryotic Cell: Organelle that contains membranes called cristae, it is responsible for producing most of the cell's ATP

Mitochondria
(only animal cells/ chloroplast = plant/algal cells)

10.

In a Eukaryotic Cell: Digests food items or autodigests damaged organelles through acid hydrolysis

Lysosomes
(only animal cells)

11.

In a Eukaryotic Cell: Stacks of flattened membranes called cisternae, in which proteins are modified (for example, glycosylated) after they are synthesized

Golgi Apparatus

12.

In a Eukaryotic Cell: Site of reactions that fix inorganic carbon (CO2) onto organic compounds using the energy from light

Chloroplasts
(Plant and algal cells)

13.

In a Eukaryotic Cell: Structural support for the cell, it is made up of microtubules, microfilaments and intermediate filaments

Cytoskeleton

14.

Chloroplast in plant cells

-sunlight is converted to chemical energy during photosynthesis
-double membrane, exterior for structure and interior contains Thylakoids
-THYLAKOIDS dominates by hundreds of membrane bound flattened vesicles and staked into piles called GRANA
-Many of the pigments, enzymes, and molecular machinery responsible for converting light energy into carbohydrates are embedded in the thylakoid membranes, certain enzymes found in STROMA

15.

Peroxisomes all eukaryotic cells

-single membrane contains transporters for selected macromolecules
-components: enzymes that catalyze oxidation reactions and catalase (processes peroxide)
-function:oxidation of fatty acids, ethanol, or other compounds

16.

Vacuoles (Plant and Algal cells)

-single membrane contains transporters for selected molecules
-components: varies, pigments, oils, carbohydrates, water, or toxins
-function: varies, coloration, storage of oils, carbohydrates, water, or toxins

17.

Plasma Membrane (all Eukaryotic Cells)

-single membranes contains transport and receptor proteins
-components: phospholipid bilayer with transport and receptor proteins
-function: selective permeability maintains intracellular environment

18.

Cell Wall (plant cells)

no membrane
-components: carbohydrate fibers running through carbohydrate or protein matrix
-function: protection and structural support

19.

Roles of hydrogen bonds

1)making water a good solvent for polar or charged molecules
2)causing water to have a high heat of vaporization
3)causing water to have strong cohesion and adhesion
4)causing water to have a high surface tension

20.

A solution contains 1 X 10-12 moles of OH- per liter what is the pH? and is the solution acidic or basic?

pH=2
solution is acidic

21.

Two atoms with different electronegativities react to form a compound in which they share electrons

Polar Covalent Bond

22.

Two or more atoms react to form a stable compound in which electrons are transferred completely from one atom to another

Ionic Bond

23.

Two completely independent (there has been no chemical reaction between them) polar molecules, each containing atoms with partial charges, can be held together by this kind of bond

Hydrogen Bond

24.

The atoms in a compound that is hydrophobic are bonded in this manner

Non-Polar Covalent Bond

25.

The movement of water across a semipermeable membrane (selectively permeable)

Osmosis

26.

Transport of a molecule across a membrane against its concentration gradient; this requires the use of energy; usually in the form of ATP

Active Transport

-the energy needed to move the substances against their gradient is provided by a phosphate group from adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

27.

Transport of a molecule that otherwise could not pass easily (or at all) through a membrane, down its concentration gradient through a protein channel

Facilitated Diffusion

28.

Channel Proteins=Ion channels

-facilitated diffusion
-channel proteins are selective
-each channel protein has a structure that allows it to admit a particular type of ion or small molecule

29.

Movement of molecules across a semipermeable membrane, down an electrochemical gradient, without the aid of a protein channel

Simple Diffusion

30.

Facilitated Diffusion

-ions cross membranes through specialized membrane proteins called ion channels
-ion channels forms pores of holes in a membrane
-ions move from areas of high concentration to low concentration and areas of like char to areas of unlike charge
-ions move in response to a combined concentration and electrochemical gradient

31.

Electrochemical Gradient

-is a combined concentration and electrical gradient
-established when ions build up on one side of a membrane

32.

Facilitated Diffusion via carrier proteins

-facilitated diffusion can also occur through carrier proteins or transporters, that change shape during the process to allow the molecule to be released inside the cell when the conformation change of the protein occurs

33.

Phospholipid Membrane

-membrane forming lipids have a polar (hydrophilic region) and a non-polar (hydrophobic region)
-the charges and polar bonds in the head region interact with water molecules when a phospholipid is placed in solution
-the long isoprene or fatty-acid tails of a phospholipid are non-polar hydrophobic

34.

Lipid Bilayers show selective permeability

High to Low

-small non-polar molecules: O2, CO2, N2
-small uncharged polar molecules: H20, glycerol
-large uncharged polar molecules: glucose, sucrose
-ions: Cl-, K+, Na+

35.

Outside solution HYPERtonic to inside

net flow of water out of cell; cell shrivels and shrinks

36.

Outside solution HYPOtonic to inside

net flow of water into cell; cell swells or even bursts

37.

Isotonic solutions

no change

-solute concentrations are equal on either side of the membrane, the liposome will maintain its size
-when outside solution does not affect the membranes shape

38.

A wall-less protozoan is removed from the marine environment, where the predominant solute is NaCl. The protozoan has been going hungry and has no sugar left in its cytoplasm. It is placed into a laboratory beaker that is isotonic with the inside of the cell, but the only solute present is glucose. Which of the following will happen?

Glucose will very slowly diffuse through the membrane into the cell, making the cell hypertonic and causing water to flow into the cell as well

39.

Fluid-Mosaic Model

-proposed that some proteins span the membrane instead of being found only outside the lipid bilayer (sandwich model)

*Suggested that membranes are a mosaic of phospholipids and different types of proteins; the overall structure was proposed to be dynamic and fluid

40.

Integral membrane proteins

-some proteins span the membrane and have segments facing both the interior and exterior surfaces

aka: transmembrane proteins

41.

Peripheral membrane proteins

found only on one side of the membrane

42.

the major component of cell membranes

Phospholipids

43.

A hydrocarbon chain covalently bonded to a carboxyl group

fatty acid

44.

three fatty acids, each with double bonds between carbons; bonded to a glycerol molecule by ester linkages

unsaturated fats

45.

A cell membrane would be highly permeable to this inorganic molecule

CO2 = small non-polar molecules

46.

A triglyceride with no double bonds in its tail

saturated fat

47.

A steroid molecule that is a important component to the cell membrane in animal cells but not plant cells

Cholesterol

48.

What would INCREASE the fluidity and permeability of the cell membrane

increasing the percent of unsaturated fatty acids

49.

Temperature and Fluidity of membrane

-as temperature decreases the fluidity and permeability of the membrane decreases
-at ver low temperatures lipid bilayers begin to solidify
-increasing temperature = increasing permeability
-how quickly molecules move within and across membranes is a function of temperature and the structure of the hydrocarbon tails in the bilayer

50.

Diffusion

-molecules and ions move randomly in all direction when a concentration gradient exists, but there is a net movement from regions of high concentration to regions of low concentration

*diffusion along a concentration gradient is a spontaneous process because it results in an increase in entropy

51.

Amino Acids

-All have a carbon atom bonded to an amino group, a hydrogen atom, and a carboxyl group, and a R group
-but each R group is unique
-the properties of amino acids vary because their R groups vary

52.

Protein

-is a macromolecule (large molecule made up of smaller molecules)
-a polymer (many parts)
-consist of linked amino acid monomers (one part)

53.

Condensation/Dehydration reactions

-monomers polymerize
-reactions are named bc the newly formed bond results in the loss of a water molecule

54.

Hydrolysis

-reverse reaction of condensation/dehydration
-breaks polymers apart by adding a water molecule
-water molecule reacts with the bond linking the monomers, separating one monomer from the polymer chain

55.

Amino Acids polymerize

-when a bond forms between the carboxyl group of one amino acid and the amino group of another

56.

bond b/t carboxyl group of one amino acid and amino group of another

-the C-N bond that results from the condensation reaction is called a peptide bond

57.

Amino Acid ionic bonding

-between electrically charged side chains
-charged side chains from hydrogen bonds; highly soluble in water

*Acidic and Basic*

58.

Amino Acid Covalent bonding

-between two cysteine
-for a disulfide bond

59.

Amino Acid Hydrophobic Interaction

-between a polar side chains (partial charges can form hydrogen bonds; soluble in water)
&
-Non-polar side chains (no charges or electronegative atoms to form hydrogen bonds; not soluble in water)

60.

Amino Acid Hydrogen bonding

-between two polar side chains
-both: partial charges can form hydrogen bonds; soluble in water

-Serine and Glutamine

61.

Tertiary Structure

-hydrogen bonding
-hydrophobic interactions
-van der Waal interactions
-covalent bonding
-ionic bonding

62.

van der Waals interations

-once hydrophobic side chains are close to one another, they are stabilized by electrical attractions
-weak attractions
-the partial minute charge on one molecule induces an opposite partial charge in the nearby molecule and causes an attraction
-occurs in polypeptide when many hydrophobic residues congreate

63.

Covalent bonding (tertiary structure)

-covalent bonds can form between sulfur atoms when a reaction occurs between the sulfur-containing R groups of two cysteines
-the two cysteines form a DISULFIDE=(two sulfur) bonds are frequently referred to as bridges because they create strong links between distinct regions of the same polypeptide

64.

Microtubules are composed of this protein

-Tubulin; two separate protein tubulin dimers
~a-tubulin and b-tubulin
-in function microtubes are similar to actin filaments: they provide stability and are involved in movement

65.

The ATPase motor protein that interacts with microfilaments

Myosin:

-is a motor protein; a protein converts the chemical energy in ATP into the mechanical work of movement

66.

Microfilaments are made of this protein

Actin:

-globular protein that make fibrous structures of actin filaments
-is often the most abundant of all proteins

67.

A transport vesicle moving through the cell along a microtubule would be carried by this ATPase motor protein

Kinesin

-when ATP is added to kinesin or drops off the protein moves

68.

One of many different proteins that make up intermediate filaments

Keratin ( or vimentin or lamin)

-lines surfaces inside your body and skin
-these intermediate filaments provide the mechanical strength required for these cells to resist pressure and abbrasion

69.

The sliding of microtubules that cause the beating of cilia and flagella in a eukaryotic cell is driven by this ATPase motor protein

Dynein

70.

Which level or levels of structure shown is/are stabilized either totally or partially by hydrogen bonds

-secondary
-tertiary
-quaternary

71.

Which level or levels of protein structure shown contain(s) peptide bonds?

-All four structures: primary; secondary; tertiary; and quaternary

72.

Secondary Structure

-created part by hydrogen bonding between portions of the peptide-bonded backbone
-the bending that aligns parts of the backbone and allows these bonds to form occur in two ways:
1)a helix: alpha helix in which the polypeptide's backbone is coiled
OR
2)B-pleated sheets: beta pleated sheet in which segment of a peptide chain bend 180 deg and then fold in the same plane

73.

The protein structure in which more than one discrete polypeptide must be present

Quaternary Structure:

-the combination of polypeptide subunits gives protein structure
-the individual polypeptides may be held together by bonds or other interactions among R-groups or sections of their peptide backbones

74.

Porin

Forms a stable opening in cell membranes to allow certain hydrophilic molecules to pass through

75.

Hemoglobin

A protein with quaternary structure consisting of 2 alpha and 2 beta subunit polypeptides

76.

Tata box binding protein

A protein that binds to certain regions of DNA in the nucleus

77.

Prion protein

A protein that can act as an infectious agent and cause various diseases called spongiform encephalopathies

78.

Hexokinase

An enzyme that catalyzes a reaction that attaches a phosphate group to a six-carbon sugar

79.

Heat shock protein

A molecular chaperone protein that helps other proteins fold into their proper tertiary structures

80.

Create watertight seals between adjacent animal cells

Tight Junctions

81.

A matrix of cellulose fibers with spaces filled mostly by pectin

Primary Cell Wall

82.

Plasmodesmata

Connections that link the cytoplasms of adjacent plant cells

83.

Protein channels that form connections between cytoplasms of adjacent animal cells

Gap Junctions

84.

Desmosomes

Protein complexes that form “rivet-like” structures anchored on both sides by the cytoskeletons of adjacent animal cells

85.

Extracellular Matrix

Collagen fibers surrounded by a gelatinous matrix formed mostly by proteoglycans

86.

Cadherins

Proteins that are specific to cell types and mediate cell-cell interactions that lead to formation of tissues in animals

87.

Hormones

Molecules used to signal between cells at a distance in multicellular eukaryotic organisms

88.

events that would occur for an enzyme that carries out its function either inside the endomembrane system: place in correct order

1)Ribosome binds to mRNA and initiates translation
2)Signal sequence of polypeptide is synthesized
3)Signal recognition particle (SRP) binds to the signal sequence
4)Signal recognition particle binds to an SRP receptor, bringing the ribosome to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane
5)Protein is moves into the rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) as it is translated
6)Oligosaccharides are added to some individual amino acids of the protein
7)Glycoproteins are further modified as they move from the cis to the trans face of the Golgi apparatus
8)A vesicle containing an enzyme is released at the trans face of the Golgi apparatus
9)A vesicle fuses with the outer membrane of a late endosome, releasing an enzyme and resulting in a lysosome
10)Proteins in a bacterium are digested enzymatically

89.

Lipid Soluble Hormone

Binds to a cytosolic receptor and generally initiates a long-term change in gene expression in a cell

90.

cAMP

A common second messenger in transduction, it generally activates protein kinases

91.

G protein

This kind of protein is activated by membrane-bound signal receptors, and gets its name from the observation that it is regulated by the nucleotide GTP

92.

Lipid Insoluble Hormone

Binds to a membrane bound receptor and usually results in a more rapid physiological response in a cell