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Biology Major Field Test Study Set
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Quiz: what is the general fatty acid formula
Ans: CH3(CH2)nCOOH where n= an even number between 12 and 24
Quiz: glycerides
Ans: glycerol and 3 fatty acids
Quiz: nucleotide is composed of
Ans: phosphate group; sugar group; nitrogenous base
Quiz: Vmax
Ans: maximum reaction rate at which point substrate is saturated with
enzyme
Quiz: Competitive Inhibition
Ans: molecules compete with substrate for enzyme's active sites
Quiz: irreversible inhibitors
Ans: chemically and covalently bind to active site; rendering it permanently
inactive
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, Quiz: psuedoirreversible inhibitors
Ans: extremely high affinities for active site; hard to displace
Quiz: noncompetitive inhibitors
Ans: do not compete for active site but act elsewhere on enz.; altering 3D
shape
Quiz: electron transport chain
Ans: series of carrier molecules on the inner mitochondrial membrane which
pass electrons through enzymes that pump protons to one side of the
membrane, creating a proton gradient
Quiz: chemiosmosis
Ans: the use of a gradient, such as a proton gradient, to generate energy.
The ATP synthase enzyme uses the kinetic movement of protons down
the gradient to store energy by converting ADP to ATP
Quiz: ATP
Ans: Adenosine tri phosphate, a modified nucleotide that stores energy in it's
phosphate bonds.
Quiz: fermentation
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, Ans: glycolysis and the additional steps leading to the formation of ethanol
or lactic acid, to make ATP. It does not include the Kreb's cycle
(producing CO2) or the ETC.
Quiz: occluding/tight junctions
Ans: nothing can diffuse between cells or past junction
Quiz: anchoring junctions
Ans: physical joining so cells do not shear away
Quiz: communicating junctions
Ans: gap junctions are formed by proteins called connexins that allow for
undisrupted and very fast signal transmission
Quiz: plasmodesmata
Ans: plant cells' equivalent of gap junctions
Quiz: G-actin
Ans: globular monomer
Quiz: F-actin
Ans: long filament
Quiz: microtubules
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