Chapter 2: Proteins

Question 1

What are the monomers that build proteins?

Answer 1

• amino acids

Question 2

Which elements are present in proteins?

Answer 2

CHONS

Question 3

What is the function of proteins? (3)

Answer 3

• required in all aspects of cell structure and function
• some are structural
• most act as enzymes

Question 4

What is the definition of an enzyme?

Answer 4

• Increase the rate at which chemical reactions take place in living organisms

Question 5

How does a protein generally look like?

Answer 5

• central carbon bonded to a side chain (R), carboxyl (COOH), Hydrogen, and amino group (NH2?)

Question 6

Proteins typically contain __ amino acids. __ are essential, __ can be found in food.

Answer 6

-20
-9
-11

Question 7

Proteins have at least one ___ group and one __ group.

Answer 7

• amino (-NH2) group
• carboxyl (-COOH) group

Question 8

What does the side group determine?

Answer 8

• properties of the protein

Question 9

What type of bonds link amino acids together to form proteins?

Answer 9

• covalent peptide bonds

Question 10

A protein is a polypeptide, which is a ___ of amino acids.

Answer 10

chain

Question 11

How is the shape and function of amino acids determined by?

Answer 11

• sequence of amino acids

Question 12

How many base pairs does a eukaryotic gene have? How about viruses?

Answer 12

• 5000 base pairs for eukaryotes
• 500-1000 for viruses
  This card is questionable cuz i wasnt paying attention lol internet says 3.2 for human genome and 1-2.5 million bp for viruses