Biochemistry

1EK: Biomolecules & Genetics

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The greater the ratio of lipid to protein, the ____ the density.

The greater the ratio of ____, the lower the density.

The major classes of lipoproteins in humans are ____.

The primary biological importance of carbohydrates lies with their usefulness in ____.

The structure of carbohydrates also makes it possible for them to join together through a dehydration reaction, forming long chains, ____,…

The formula for any carbohydrate is:

Six carbon carbohydrates called ____.

____ carbon carbohydrates called hexoses.

The cell can oxidize glucose to transfer its chemical energy to a more readily usable form, ____.

If the cell already has sufficient ATP, ____

Glycogen is a branched glucose polymer with ____ linkages.

____ is a branched glucose polymer with alpha linkages.

____ increases the rate of facilitated diffusion for glucose and other monosaccharides.

In the absence of insulin, only ____ cells are capable of absorbing sufficient amounts of glucose via the facilitated transport system.

Plants use ____ for long-term storage.

Starch comes in two forms: a____.

____ comes in two forms: amylose and amylopectin.

Cellulose is used as a structural material rather than for energy storage, and it is composed of ____ linkages.

Cellulose is used as a ____ material rather than for energy storage, and it is composed of beta linkages.

Humans have enzymes to digest the ____ linkages of cellulose.

Humans have enzymes to digest the alpha linkages of starch and glycogen but do not have enzymes that can digest the beta linkages of ____.

Nucletotides are made up of the following components: ____.

The ____, are able to link together to form a stable and organized backbone of nucleotides.

Nitrogenous bases can form ____ bonds with each other that stabilize the double-stranded structure of DNA.

____ can form weak hydrogen bonds with each other that stabilize the double-stranded structure of DNA.

A ____ consists of a pentose sugar attached to a nitrogenous base.

A nucleoside consists of a ____.

____ are formed by the addition of one or more phosphate groups to a nucleoside.

Nucleotides are formed by the addition of ____ to a nucleoside.

Nucleotides are formed by the addition of one or more phosphate groups to a ____.

Nucleotides form polymers to create ____.

Nucleotides are joined together into long strands by ____

Phosphodiester bonds occur between the ____ of the other nucleotide.

Nucleotides are written in the ____' direction.

Adenine and guanine are two ring structures called ____.

____ are two ring structures called purines.

Cytosine and thymine are single ring structures called ____.

____ are single ring structures called pyrimidines.

DNA usually exists in a particular form described by the ____ model.

In DNA normal form, the two strands lie side by side in ____ directions (antiparallel) bound together by hydrogen bonds between nitrogenous…

The normal form of DNA is known as the ____ form.

The length of a DNA strand is measured in ____

Adenine forms ____ hydrogen bonds with thymine.

____.

____.

Guanine forms ____ hydrogen bonds with cytosine.

When complementary strands bind together, they curl into a ____.

When ____ strands bind together, they curl into a double helix.

The double helix contains two distinct grooves called the ____ groove.

Each DNA groove spirals ____ around the double helix for every ten base pairs.

Each DNA groove spirals once around the double helix for every ____ base pairs.

More energy is required to separate ____ bonds.

Uracil is a ____.

RNA (ribonucleic acid) is identical to DNA in structure except that: 1. ____

RNA can move through the nuclear pores and is not confined to the nucleus. (____)

____ are lipids that act as hormones.

Vitamins are a particular type of organic molecule that are ____, meaning they cannot be produced by the body.

Vitamins are a particular type of organic molecule that are essential, meaning ____

____ are a particular type of organic molecule that are essential, meaning they cannot be produced by the body.

Two types of vitamins are ____.

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