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Biological systems regulate via mostly _____ feedback
mostly everything that goes on in enzyme is______ |
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negative
negative feed back. feed back loops |
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7 properties of life
1)order
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3)energy processing
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5)reproduction
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everything is made up of cells
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used micrscope to study single celled organisms |
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Cells that wrap DNA in a membrane |
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cells that don't have a nucleus to wrap DNA |
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transmission of traits from generation to generation |
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all the genes of a given species |
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Feedback that reduces the output of a system. very common
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Feedback that increases the output of a system |
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change in a gene frequency |
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domains: bacteria, archaea, eukarya
domain is 1st classification of life |
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Darwin's pinchers are separate species now is an example of |
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came up w/ the idea of set obritals for electrons |
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an atom that has lost or gained an electron |
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if the nucleus of the atom breaks up, it emits energy |
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a reaction where one atom is oxidized while another is reduced |
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carbon compounds that contain primarily C,H,O,N |
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the capacity to cause change |
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energy matter possesses due to its location or structure |
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attraction between atoms with opposite charges |
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when 2 atoms share 1 or more pairs of valence electrons |
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constantly changing asymmetrical distribution of electrons in molecules that allow weak attractions between close molecules |
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substance that increases rate of reaction in biological systems; a type of catalyst |
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only about 5-10% as strong as covalent bonds/polar molecules/ |
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binding together of like molecules, often by Hydrogen bonds |
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the attraction between different kinds of molecules |
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polarity also causes H20 to be attracted to other polar molecules is an example of |
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the amount of heat that must be lost or absorbed for 1g of substance to change its temperature by 1 degree C |
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specfic heat(water has a high specific heat) |
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transformation of liquid to a gas |
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quantity of heat that a liquid must absorb to be converted to a gas |
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a liquid that is homogenous mix of 2 or more substances |
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sphere of water molecules surrounding each dissolved ion, separates ions from each other |
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substances that release electrically charged particles (ions) in waters |
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electrolytes that release Hydrogen ions (H+) (increasing the [H+]) |
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substances that combines w/ H+, thus reducing the [H+] |
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substance that resist pH change (HCO-3 bicarbonate ion) |
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molecules formed from Carbon and Hydrogen |
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molecules that have variations in architecture |
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chemical group that affects a molecule's function |
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Is polar as a result of the electrons spending more time near the electronegative oyxgen atom.
Can form hydrogen bonds with water molecules, helping dissolve organic compounds such as sugares |
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A ketone and an aldehyde may be strucutral isomers with different properties, as is the case for acetone and propanal.
These 2 groups are also found in sugars, giving rise to 2 major groups of sugars: aldoses (containing an aldehyde) and ketoses (containing a ketone). |
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Has acidic properties (is a source of hydrogen ions) because the covalent bond between oxygen and hydrogen is so polar
Found in cells in the ionzied form with a charge of 1- and called a carboxylate ion (here, specifically, the acetate ion) |
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Acts as a base; can pick up an H+ from the surrounding solution (water, in living organisims).
Ionized, with a charge of 1+, under cellular conditions. |
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2 sulfhydryl groups can react, forming a covalent bond. This "cross-linking" helps stabilize protein structure
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contributes negative charge to the molecule of which it is a part (2- when at the end of a molecule, 1- when located internally in a chain of phosphates) |
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Addition of a methyl group to DNA, or to molecules bound to DNA, affects expression of genes. |
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proteins, carbohydrates, and nucleic acid are all examples of |
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long molecules consisting of many similar or identical building blocks |
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subtracting water from a polymer to make it longer |
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adding water to a polymer to make split |
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important energy source for metabolism (C,O,H)
saccharides |
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single sugars (glucose,fructose,maltose) |
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double sugars (sucrose) joined by a glycoside linkage |
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covalent bond formed via dehydration between 2 simple sugars |
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complex carbs (cellulose, starch [plants], glucogen[animals] |
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hydrophobic and not polymers |
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increase the risk of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease
single bonds to maximize # of H atoms |
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have a double bond between the Carbon atoms |
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produced by the partial hydrogenation of liquid vegetable oil (causes it to solidify)- look for "hydrogenated" |
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made up of glycerol joined to two fatty acids and a phosphate group |
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A type of lipid characterized by a carbon skeleton consisting of four rings with various chemical groups attached |
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found in plasma membranes and is the precursor to other steroids (sex hormones, stress, & others) |
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LDL (low-density lipoproteins) |
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HDL (high-density lipoprotein) |
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constructed from amino acid monomers to form a polypetide which must be folded to become this |
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a polymer (chain) of many amino acids linked together |
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the carbon at the center of an amino acid |
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An amino acid that an animal cannot syntehsize itself and must be obtained from food in prefabricated form. 8 are necessary for human adults. |
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unique sequence of amino acids |
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series of folding or coilings |
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overall shape due to interactions between the sidechains of amino acids |
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overall structure due to clumping of polypetide subunits |
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proteins that help other proteins fold correctly by isolating it from "bad" influences |
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DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) |
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helps synthesis of proteins |
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1) has AT CG
2) has AU CG |
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1) DNA
2)RNA
the difference |
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The synthesis of RNA using a DNA template.
In nucleus |
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The synthesis of a polypetide using the genetic information encoded in an mRNA molecule. There is a change of "language" from nucleotides to amino acids.
in ctyoplasm |
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a 5 primed end with a phosphate group attached to the 5 prime Carbon
a 3 primed end has an OH group attached
not flippable |
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only difference is the lack of an O on the 2prime Carbon in DNA |
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the 2 polynucleotides spiral around an imaginary axis
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double helix
Watson and Crick |
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one strand runs in the 5 prime direction and the other in the 3 prime direction |
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complementary base pairings |
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each strand serves as a template for a new complementary DNA strand |
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where DNA is concentrated in a prokaryotic |
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1st cells on earth
has no membranes for DNA
DNA floats around |
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type of cells we are made up of
DNA in a membrane (the nucleus) |
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selective barrier between the interior of a cell and its external environment |
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what type of surface to volume ratio facilitates an exchange between inside and outside. |
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high surface to volume ratio |
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- has cell wall
- has central vacuole
- chloropast
- plasmodesmata
- rectangular shape
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serves as/to
1) storage hydrolysis of macromolecules
2)breakdown waste
3) if hositle environment, takes in toxins |
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channel connecting adjacent cells |
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control center, contains the majority of genes
soup of DNA |
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double membrane perforated by pores |
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support structure on nucleus side of envelope that maintains the shape of the nucleus |
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framework of fibers extending throughout the interior |
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chromatin condenses into these discrete DNA units when the cell gets ready to replicate |
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synthesizes ribosomal RNA (rRNA) and combines these with imported proteins to form ribsomal units |
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this with proteins make up ribosomes |
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synthesizes proteins and makes up the 1st step of proteins |
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these guys are suspended within cytosol |
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these guys are attached to the outside of endoplasmic reticulm or nuclear envelop |
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consists of many different membranes functioning together
- nuc. envelope
- ER
- golgi apparteus
- lysosomes
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a network of membrane tubules within the cytoplasm |
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has ribosomes on the surface.
synthesizes insulin on beta cells of the pancreas |
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no ribosomes.
stores Ca+2
involved in sythesis of lipids (adrenals and gonads?)
metabolism of carbohydrates
detox (liver) |
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stack of flattened membranes that receives, modifies, stores, and ships proteins and other molecules |
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receiving side of golgi appartus
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ships out side of golgi appartus
ships by giving rise to vesicles that pinch off |
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cisternae actually move from cis to trans face (like an assembly line) modifying cargo as it moves |
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cisternal maturation model |
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baggies (vesicles) of hydrolytic (digestive) enzymes that were made by the rough ER and modified by the Golgi App. |
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lysosomes lack functioning enzymes which results in the build up of material
ie: Tay-Sachs disease |
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lysosomal storage disease
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maintain ion balance by pumping excess water out of a cell |
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syntehsizes ATP's by cellular respiration from sugars, fats, etc. |
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*can reproduce in cells without cell reproduction
contains enzymes, ribosomes, mtRNA (mitochondrial DNA)
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converts light energy to chemical energy using chlorophyll |
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this is found in thylakoids |
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flattened, interconnected sacs |
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Chloroplasts are divided into 3 spaces... |
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- stroma
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- thylakoid space
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fluid surrounding thylakoids that contains chloroplasts' DNA, ribosomes, enzymes |
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produces H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide) by transferring H to water fromother substances
can also break down H2O2 |
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cytoskeleton can break down and reassmble elsewhere in the cell to change the cell's shape or move their parts |
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microtubule organizing and synthesizing center |
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a pair is located in the center of the centrosome and each consists of 9 sets of triplet microtubules arranged in a ring |
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a dimer (molecule made up of 2 subunits [alpha and beta _____]) |
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anchors flagellum, in many animals enters the egg along with the head of the sperm and becomes a centriole |
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thin and flexible wall found in young plants |
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a layer of pectins between adjacent cell walls thats glues the wall together strengthining the walls |
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extracelluluar matrix (ECM) |
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proteins with sugars attached to them
have carbohydrates covalently bonded to them and are wrapped in transport vesicles
most secretory proteins are this type |
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major protein of the human body and is embedded on the network by proteoglycans |
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protein with many carbohydrates attached |
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attach other ECM's (extraceullar matrices) to cell surface receptors called integrins (part of the plasma membrane) |
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3 types of interceullular junctions |
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1) tight junctions
2)desmosome
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forms a seal around the cell
prevents breakage |
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fastens cells togehter into sheets |
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provides cytoplasmic channels between cells for transport and communication |
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has both hydrophillic and hydrophobic characteristics |
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membrane structure is fluid with a mosaic of proteins embedded in or attached to the phospholipid structure |
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proteins that penetrate the membrane |
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proteins that are loosely bound to the surface |
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a property of biological membreanes that allows them to regulate teh passage of subtsances
non-polar molecules are hydrophobic so they cross membranes easily (O2, CO2) |
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because ions and polar molecules are hydrophilic and cross slowly to the membrane, this type of protein is used with them |
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specific type of transport protein that function by having a hydrophilic channel that certain molecules or ions use as a tunnel through the membrane |
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a channel protein in the plasma membrane that specifically facilitates osmosis |
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proteins that change shape to shuffle substances through the memebrane |
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type of transport where
no ATP's used
no energy used |
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movement from a [high] to a [low] down a concentration gradient |
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movement of water across a cell membrane |
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ability of a solution to cause a cell to gain or lose water
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Referring to a solution that, when surroduing a cell, has no effect on the passage of water into or out of the cell. |
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more solutes in the surrounding environment than on the inside
cell loses water |
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more solutes within the cell
causes the cell to take up water |
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plasma membrane pulling away from the cell wall as water leaves the cell |
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if a substance is too large to pass through a protein channel, it combines with a carrier protein that moves it across hte membrance |
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a transmembrane protein channel that allows a specific ion to flow across the membrane down its concentration gradient |
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open or close in response to stimuli |
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cystic fibrosis is caued by this. |
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faulty ion channels
for cystic fibrosis its chlroide channels that are faulty |
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voltage across the membrane due to differences in [Na+] [K+] (electro chemical gradient) between the inside and outside of the cell.
(3 Na+ are pumped out every 2 K+ pumped in) |
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The diffusion gradient of an ion, which is affected by both the concentration difference of the ion across a membrane (a chemical force) and the ion's tendency to move relative to the membrane potential (an electrical force) |
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transport protein that generates voltage across a membrane |
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a pump that pushes Hydrogen ions out
(plants) |
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a mechanism that uses the high Hydrogen ions outside the cell to move other substances into the cell |
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transport of substances out of the cell via fusion of vesicles with the plasma membrane |
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taking in substances by forming new vesciles from the plasma membrane |
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taking in large substances |
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taking in solutes (small things) |
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substance bind to receptor proteins, then enter by endocytosis |
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receptor-mediated endocytosis |
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a molecule that binds specifically to a receptor site of another molecule (cholesterol) |
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organism's chemcical reactions |
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cascade of enzyme-mediated reactions |
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break down of compounds to release energy (cellular respiration) |
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uses energy to build molecules |
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study of how energy flows through living systems |
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Kinetic energy associated with random movement of atoms or molecules |
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potential energy available for release in a catabolic reaction (atoms rearranged and energy is released) |
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study of energy transformations |
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energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be transformed and transferred |
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1st law of thermodynamics |
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energy transfers increase the entropy of the universe |
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2nd law of thermodynamics |
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the portion of a system's energy that can perform work when temperature and pressure are uniform throughout the system (as in a living cell) |
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once this is known it can be used to predict whether the process will be spontaneous (going to occur)
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Change in free energy (ΔG) |
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reactions that release energy |
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reactions that absorb energy |
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3 main types or work cells perform |
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1) chemical: building molecules
2)transport
3)mechanical (beating of flagella & cilia; movement of chromosomes during mitosis) |
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energy source used to drive endergonic reactions |
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Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) |
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When phosophate is transferred to another molecuel to another, the moleucle receiving the phosphate is said to be _______ |
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energy released by catabolism used to phosphorylate ADP to ATP
(hence ATP is a renewable resource) |
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energy required for starting a reaction
(often supplied as heat that reactants absorb from surroundings) |
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what the enzyme reacts on |
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region of the enzyme that actually binds to the substrate |
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when the enzyme changes shape so that the active site fits more closely around the substrate |
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non protein helper
(Zn, Fe, Cu, Mg, and many others) |
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an organic molecule that helps the enzyme
(vitamins) |
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resemble substrate, thus competes for the active site |
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binds to the enzyme and changes its shape making the active site less effective |
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non-competitive inhibitor |
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controls enzymes action rate
the function of one active site is affected by regulatory molecule binding to another site and causing the enzyme to change shape. |
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stabilizes active form of the enzyme |
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stabilizes inactive form of enzyme |
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in an enzyme with 2 more subunits, this mechanism amplifies the enzyme's response to its substrate |
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