Question | Answer |
What is the monomer DNA is made up of? | Nucleotide |
What are the parts of a DNA nucleotide? | Phosphate Deoxyribose sugar Nitrogenous base |
What are the bases in DNA? | Adenine===Thymine Guanine===Cytosine |
What are the base pairs in RNA? | Adenine===Uracil Cytosine===Guanine |
What are the main differences between RNA and DNA? | DNA has deoxyribose sugar but RNA has ribose sugar DNA is double starnded RNA is single stranded DNA is a longer chain but RNA is shorter |
Where is a phosphodiester bond formed? | Between the phosphate group and the sugar in a polynucleotide chain |
Where are hydrogen bonds formed in DNA? | Between the nitrogenous bases |
What are three monosaccharides? | Glucose Galactose Fructose |
What three elements do all carbohydrates contain? | Carbon Hydrogen Oxygen |
Glucose + Glucose= | Maltose |
Maltose= | Glucose+Glucose |
Glucose + Galactose= | Lactose |
Lactose= | Glucose + Galactose |
Glucose + Fructose= | Sucrose |
Sucrose= | Glucose + Fructose |
What is the difference between α glucose and β glucose? | |
What reaction is involved in the formation of disaccharides? | Condensation reaction |
What is eliminated in a condensation reaction? | A molecule of water |
What reaction would split a disaccharide? | Hydrolysis reaction |
What is DNA Helicase? | The enzyme that splits the DNA double helix into two strands |
What is DNA polymerase? | The enzyme that catalyses the addition of nucleotide substatates |
How does DNA replicate itself? | Semi-conservative replication |
What proof is there for semi-conservative replication of DNA? | Meselson and Stahl experiment |
What does DNA polymerase? | Joins the nucleotides together via a condensation reaction (phosphodiester bond) |
What does DNA Helicase do? | breaks the hydrogen bonds and causes polynucleotide chains to unzip |
What bond joins nucleotides together? | Phosphodiester bonds |
What makes up the nucleus? | Nuclear pores Nuclear envelope Chromatin Nucleolus Nucleoplasm |
What is the difference between smooth and rough ER? | Smooth ER does not have ribosomes attached Rough ER does |
What is the function of smooth ER? | Lipid, steroid and carbohydrate synthesis, storage and transport |
What is the function of rough ER? | Protein synthesis and transport |
What is the function of chloroplasts? | Makes glucose via photosynthesis Key defence against pathogens |
What is the function of mitochondria? | Converts energy from the breakdown of glucose into ATP via aerobic respiration |
How is energy stored in ATP? | In the phosphate bonds |
What is resolution? | The smallest distance between two particles which allows them to be distinguished as separate articles |
What is the equation for magnification? | |
What is a TEM? | Transmitting electron microscope Best resolution Beam of electrons pass through substance detected on fluorescent screen produces a 2D image |
What is SEM? | Scanning electron microscope Specimen coated in heavy metals Thicker structures can be seen 3D image |
What is a globular protein? | Metabolic functions Tertiary structure compact shape Not stable |
What is a fibrous protein? | Structural functions Long chains wound into a helix linked by cross bridges very stable |
What is the primary structure of a protein? | A Linear sequence of amino acids |
What is the secondary structure of a protein? | Polypeptide chain coiled or twisted into an α helix or β sheet |
What is the tertiary structure of a protein? | Compact globular chain |
What is the quaternary structure of a protein? | More than one polypeptide chain |
What is the monomer in protein and what is its structure? | Amino acid Contains amino group and carboxyl group |
What is an enzyme? | Biological catalyst |
What is the structure of the active site? | A specific pattern of amino acids that is complementary to a specific substrate |
What is the name of a protein digesting enzyme secreted by the pancreas to act in the small intestine? | Tyripsin |
What is the name of a protein digesting enzyme produced by the stomach? | Pepsin |
What does the enzyme lactase do? | Breaks down lactose to glucose and galactose |
What does the enzyme sucrase do? | breaks down sucrose into glucose and fructose |
What does the enzyme maltase do? | Breaks down maltose into two molecules of glucose |
What enzyme acts on triglycerides and is stored in bile | Pancreatic lipase |
What is a diploid cell? | A cell with two sets of chromosomes |
What is a haploid cell? | A cell with half the number of chromosomes |
How does meiosis bring about genetic variation? | Independent segregation of homologous chromosomes Recombination of homologous chromosomes by crossing over |
What is crossing over in meiosis? | |
What is independent segregation in meiosis? | The random way in which each chromosome lines up alongside it's homologous pair |
What happens in prophase? | Chromosomes condense and the nuclear envelope disintergrates |
What happens in metaphase? | The chromosomes line up at the equator of the nucleus and become attached to spindle fibres |
What happens in anaphase? | The chromatids of each chromosome are pulled and separated by the spindle towards opposite poles of the nucleus |
What happens in telophase? | Nuclear envelope reforms and two daughter neuclei are made |
What is interphase? | The resting phase between mitosis or between meiosis I and meiosis II |
What happens in cytokensis? | The cell organelles and cytoplasm is repliated. |
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