University of Toronto (U OF T ) • BCH210

agarose and agar correct answer: polysaccharides used to run DNA gels and for microbial plates bacterial cell walls correct answer: contain polysaccharides in their peptidoglycan layer lectins correct answer: are proteins that bind to sugars protein glycolsylation correct answer: assists in folding and cellular recognition, e.g. ABO blood groups -ose correct answer: indicates a molecule is some kind of carb blood group antigens correct answer: glycoproteins containing differ...

types of lipids (purpose) correct answer: storage, structural, and signalling fatty acid chemical structure and charge correct answer: - fatty part is the carbon chain - acid part is carboxyl group (-COOH) - negatively charged which conformations of saturated fatty acids are most stable? correct answer: - anti conformation - extended conformation unsaturated fatty acids correct answer: double bonds are almost always in cis conformation which results in kinks in structure mono-...

Monosaccharide formula correct answer: (CH2O)n (n is 3 or more) Aldotriose correct answer: Also known as glyceraldehyde, simplest aldehyde monosaccharide (n = 3), has L and D isomer (centre carbon is chiral) Ketotriose correct answer: Also known as dihydroxyacetone, simplest ketone monosaccharide (n = 3), non chiral Carbon numbering correct answer: Aldoses always have aldehyde and C1, ketoses have ketone at C2 Sugar naming correct answer: triose, tetrose, pentose, hexose, etc., ...

BCH210 Week 4 Questions With Complete Solutions

van der Waals correct answer: -weakest (short lives) but lots could strengthen the bond -furthest distance -form as a result of hydrophobic interactions -strength depends on the size of the atoms and the distance between them -cannot be closer than the Van der Waals contact distance or else positively charged nuclei will repel each other (energy= 0) Proteins correct answer: main action molecule of the cell (Most chemical processes of the body are carried out by proteins) -classified in...