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BIOL 116 UNIT 1 NOTES ROBIN YOUNG 2023

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UNIT 1 NOTES FULL ROBIN YOUNG CLASS FIRST YEAR BIOLOGY 116

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BIOL 116




YES

, BIOL LL 6 ✗ What is extensible cream

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the 4 main macromolecules -

monomers -
Polar
/ Why ? -

Extensible
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Proteins (polypeptides) → Amino Acids Tar
Y eo
◦ → Po -




Nucleic acids Files →
Nucleotides → Yes ntc terminus / s -3
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0 Carbohydrates → Monosaccharides → Not polar → Not extensible

0
Lipids → variables e. g fatty Acidtglyerol & more → Polar btwn OH groups → Yes


Polarity
◦ Means asymmetric

Polarity of a bond :
unequal charge distribution btwn 2 atoms


polarity of molecule :
unequal charge distribution over a whole MIC

◦ structural polarity of a polymer
:
A
polymer has two chemically
distinct ends , and so it has directionally
Nucleic acids directionally
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0 :
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Polypeptides N-terminus &
: C- terminus


Many others :
polarity of a whole cell , tissues, even polarity of the earth

→ AMINO ACID STRUCTURE
Amino H o ← carboxyl group
\ GROUP ,
N Ha C C HOW to determine what of R group we have

type
- - -




1 µ
◦ Non -
polar side chains will have almost exclusively
R →
R GROUP
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carbons & Hydrogens in them (except methionine has an

↓↑ s, tryptophan has an N in it
H H o Polar side chains have oxygen or nitrogen in them ,
I 1
¢0 creating dipole moment in the R
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group , this often takes

H N C C form as hydroxide [ OH )
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1 1 10
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H R

→ GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF PROTEINS
movement /
1. Locomotion → cells crawl , helps cells move
2. Catalysis -


Enzymes speed up biochemical rxn 'S by lowering ActivatorsEÉ
3.
signaling sends / -
receives signals from exterior
4. Defense -
Protects cell / organism from outside threats

5. structure -

Provide mechanical support within cell , or for tissue / %g%%↑sm
6. Transport -
MOVE MIC 's across the plasma memb , or through cytoplasm

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