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Week 2: Chapter 3 Molecules of Life
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Outline Chemistry of Carbon –Role of Carbon –7 Functional Groups –Examples Molecules –Polymer Concept Sugars and Polysaccharides Lipids Amino Acids and Proteins Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids
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Organic Chemistry Chemistry of Carbon Carbon has valence # of 4
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Carbon Chains and Rings Chains Rings C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
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Functional Groups C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C CH 3 OH HO C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C CH 3 OH O Estrogen Testosterone
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Six Functional Groups Hydroxyl Keto Methyl Carboxyl Amino Group Phosphate Group Structure? Hydrophilic?
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OH Hydroxyl O Keto
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CH 3 Methyl C OH O Carboxyl
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O P OH O Phosphate N H H Amino
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Example Structures Glucose Methionine ATP
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Macromolecules Bio - Polymers Monomers (Subunits) Dimers Polymers Glucose Maltose Starch
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Dehydration/Hydrolysis Reactions Hydrolysis H2OH2O (b) Breaking a polymer chain Longer polymer (a) Building a polymer chain OH H Short polymer Dehydration reaction H2OH2O OH H Monomer
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Biomacromolecules as Polymers C C C C C OC OH HO Starch Polymer Glucose OH C C C C C OC HO Glucose C C C C C OC OH O Glucose Maltose OH C C C C C OC HO C C C C C OC OH O C C C C C OC O C C C C C OC O C C C C C OC O
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4 Biomolecules BiomoleculePolymerMonomer CarbohydratePolysaccharideMonosaccharide FatTriglycerideFatty Acid ProteinPolypeptideAmino Acid Nucleic AcidDNA and RNANucleotides Functions related to chemical structure
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Carbohydrate Monosaccharides Simple Sugar Source of Carbon and Energy in Cells Glucose
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Monosaccharides Glucose C 6 H 12 O 6 Galactose C 6 H 12 O 6 Fructose C 6 H 12 O 6 Ribose C 5 H 10 O 5 Glycerol C 3 H 6 O 3
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Disaccharide glucose Maltose Dehydration Reaction Glucose Fructose Glucose Galactose
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Polysaccharide Glucose
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Lipids Fatty Acids Amphipathic
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Saturated/Desaturated Fatty Acids
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Triglycerides
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Saturation and Melting Temperature
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Effect of Triglycerides on Health Saturated Fats – LDL raised Polyunsaturated – LDL unchanged HDL lowered Monounsaturated – LDL and HDL unchanged Polyunsaturated omega-3 - reduces heart disease
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Steriods C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C CH 3 OH HO C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C CH 3 OH O Estrogen Testosterone Cholesterol
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Phospholipids
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Lipid Functions Membranes – phospholipids, steroids Energy Storage – triglycerides Hormones - steroids
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Proteins Amino Acids C CN H R H H O O H Conserved Region R group
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Hydrophobic side group Hydrophilic side group Leucine Serine 20 Different Amino acids
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Figure 3.17-2 Dehydration reaction CarboxylAmino Peptide bond H2OH2O OH H
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Polypeptide
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Protein Folding Hemoglobin
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(a) Primary structure (b) Secondary structure Amino acids Pleated sheet Alpha helix (c) Tertiary structure Polypeptide (d) Quaternary structure A protein with four polypeptide subunits Hydrogen bond Protein Folding
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Example Proteins
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Figure 3.21 Protein Target
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Figure 3.19 Normal red blood cell Sickled red blood cellSickle-cell hemoglobin Normal hemoglobin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7... 146 1 2 3 4 5 6 SEM Val His Leu Thr Pro Val Glu Val His Leu Thr Pro Glu
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Figure 3.15 MAJOR TYPES OF PROTEINS Structural Proteins (provide support) Storage Proteins (provide amino acids for growth) Contractile Proteins (help movement) Transport Proteins (help transport substances) Enzymes (help chemical reactions)
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Nucleic Acid Nucleotides
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Nucleic Acid Functions ATP - nucleotide energy carrier in cell DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) – genetic material RNA (Ribonucleic Acid) – gene expression machinery
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ATP
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