Zusammenfassung der Ressource
B3 Part I
- Molecules of Life
- Mitochondria
- Tiny structures found in
the cells. Respiration
occurs here
- Respiration-Releases
energy from glucose
- Tissues/organs have large numbers
of it e.g. liver and muscle cells
- Ribosomes
- Can be seen with electron
microscope
- Found in the
cytoplasm and
are in the site of
protein
synthesis
- Chromosomes
- Cells nucleus contains
chromosomes
- Long coiled molecules of DNA
- DNA
- The information contained in
genes is in the form of
instructions called genetic coding
- Genetic coding controls cell activity, meaning
it controls some characteristics of the
organism
- Controls the production of different proteins
- Needed for growth and
repair of cells
- Structure
- Two chains wound into a double helix
- Each strand is made of
chemical bases
- G-C-A-T
- Base pairs G-C and A-T
- Two strands coil together
to form a double helix
- With chemical cross links between the two
strands , formed by pairs of bases
- Genes and proteins
- contains a different sequence of
bases and codes for a particular
protein
- Proteins are made in the cytoplasm
- Genes cannot leave nucleus
- Copy is made which is able to leave the nucleus
- Making proteins
- G-C-A-T
- Protein structure is determined on Base Codes
- Each amino acid coded
by sequence order of
three bases
- mRNA(messenger RNA)
- Copied DNA is carried by mRNA
- mRNA from DNA = Transcription
- Proteins from mRNA is called translation
- Controls the function of a cell
by controlling its production of
proteins
- e.g. enzymes
- Proteins and mutations
- Proteins
- Polymers
- Large molecules made from many
smaller molecules
- Each protein molecule built
from amino acids
- which are smaller monomer molecules
- Join end to end making protein polymer molecule
- Each protein has own number of sequence of amino acids
- Gives the protein a particular shape
allowing a particular function to be carried
out
- Types of protein
- Structural = Collagen
- Hormone = Insulin
- Carrier molecule = Heamoglobin
- Enzyme = Amylase
- Enzymes
- Biological catalysts
- speed up chemical reactions
- Catalyse chemical reactions in living cells
- Respiration
- Photosynthesis
- Protein synthesis
- Active Sites
- Shape determines how it works
- active sites are where the
substrate molecules fit into when
the reaction happens
- Substrate molecule - a substance on
which the enzymes react
- Has to be right shape for the
substrate molecules to fit into
- enzymes have high specificity for
their substrate
- A particular enzyme with particular substrates
- Temperature
- At low temp enzyme reactions are slow
- Reaction speeds up as temp rise
until an optimum temp is reached
- After this point the slow down and eventually stop
- Steady increase between 0-40'C ussally optimum is around 40
- pH
- optimum pH like temp
- Mutations
- Spomtaneous
- Happen because of
- Radiation
- Chemicals such as tar from
cigarette smoke
- Harmful or Helpful
- Often harmful
- Genes can be switched on and off
- mutations can alter the production of
certain protiens
- Changing shape of the active site will cause
reaction to slow
- Eventually the reaction will stop
- Enzymes become denatured
- Q10 = measure of the rate of change of a reaction when the temperature us uncreased by 10'C
- Many of Q10 of 2
- Q10 = rate at higher temperature / rate at lower temperature