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BIO 340 FINAL EXAM
NEWLY FORMATTED DOCUMENT
What are pentoses They are the sugar component of
significant for in deoxyribonucleotides and ribonucleotides.
cells?
What do Water molecules.
condensation
reactions yield as
products?
How do proteins They decrease their Gibbs free energy.
change as they
move from primary
to
quaternary
structure?
What is the role of Enzymes lower the energy of activation
enzymes in but do not change the direction of a
chemical reaction.
reactions?
What is an An organism that can be experimentally
experimental studied instead of a more complicated
model system? organism.
How is a By hydrophobic interactions between
,2
phospholipid diacylglycerides and polar interactions
bilayer with water.
stabilized?
What is ATP It involves covalent linkage of a phosphate to
coupling? reactants to drive endothermic reactions.
What are molecular Proteins that play a role in the proper folding
chaperones? of other proteins.
What is a protein A discrete folded region that directs the
domain? specific function(s) of a protein.
Which amino Hydrophobic amino acids like phenylalanine.
acids are likely
positioned in the
fatty acid core of
the phospholipid
bilayer?
What role do They play a role in tertiary or quaternary
covalent bonds structure formation.
play in protein
structure?
In what In polar or charged environments such as
environments can aqueous environments.
phospholipid
bilayers, micelles,
and liposomes
form
spontaneously?
, 3
What type of Disulfide bonds.
bonds can form
between cysteine
amino acid R
groups?
What stabilizes Both intramolecular and intermolecular
hemoglobin's non-covalent interactions.
quaternary
structure?
What stabilizes Hydrogen bonds between the amine
secondary and hydroxyl groups of its backbone.
structure in
proteins?
What state are They are in their highest state of packaging and
chromosomes in compaction.
during cell
division?
What types of 3 hydrogen bonds between C-G pairs,
bonds are 2 hydrogen bonds between A-T pairs,
involved in double- electrostatic interactions, and
stranded DNA? phosphodiester covalent bonds.
What are the Two telomeres, multiple replication origins,
minimum features and one centromere.
needed for a
eukaryotic
chromosome?
BIO 340 FINAL EXAM
NEWLY FORMATTED DOCUMENT
What are pentoses They are the sugar component of
significant for in deoxyribonucleotides and ribonucleotides.
cells?
What do Water molecules.
condensation
reactions yield as
products?
How do proteins They decrease their Gibbs free energy.
change as they
move from primary
to
quaternary
structure?
What is the role of Enzymes lower the energy of activation
enzymes in but do not change the direction of a
chemical reaction.
reactions?
What is an An organism that can be experimentally
experimental studied instead of a more complicated
model system? organism.
How is a By hydrophobic interactions between
,2
phospholipid diacylglycerides and polar interactions
bilayer with water.
stabilized?
What is ATP It involves covalent linkage of a phosphate to
coupling? reactants to drive endothermic reactions.
What are molecular Proteins that play a role in the proper folding
chaperones? of other proteins.
What is a protein A discrete folded region that directs the
domain? specific function(s) of a protein.
Which amino Hydrophobic amino acids like phenylalanine.
acids are likely
positioned in the
fatty acid core of
the phospholipid
bilayer?
What role do They play a role in tertiary or quaternary
covalent bonds structure formation.
play in protein
structure?
In what In polar or charged environments such as
environments can aqueous environments.
phospholipid
bilayers, micelles,
and liposomes
form
spontaneously?
, 3
What type of Disulfide bonds.
bonds can form
between cysteine
amino acid R
groups?
What stabilizes Both intramolecular and intermolecular
hemoglobin's non-covalent interactions.
quaternary
structure?
What stabilizes Hydrogen bonds between the amine
secondary and hydroxyl groups of its backbone.
structure in
proteins?
What state are They are in their highest state of packaging and
chromosomes in compaction.
during cell
division?
What types of 3 hydrogen bonds between C-G pairs,
bonds are 2 hydrogen bonds between A-T pairs,
involved in double- electrostatic interactions, and
stranded DNA? phosphodiester covalent bonds.
What are the Two telomeres, multiple replication origins,
minimum features and one centromere.
needed for a
eukaryotic
chromosome?
