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Biology 1010C
LSSC
Dr. Joseph Silver
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in this chapter we willlearn about the
chemical building blocksof life
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there are many facets of chemistryanalytical, quantitative, forensic, industrial,
inorganic, organic, and many more
the chemistry of life involves organic chemistrywhich is
the chemistry of carbon containing compounds
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life on earth is based on theelement carbon
you are carbon based life forms
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carbon has 4 valence electrons
in order to become stable a carbon atomcan give away 4 electrons
can gain 4 electronsor can share 4 electrons
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carbon compounds containingonly
carbon, and hydrogenare called hydrocarbons
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when all the available valence electronsform single carbon to carbon bonds
the chemical is saturated (page 34)but
if some carbon to carbon bonds aredouble or triple bonds
the compound is unsaturated (fig 3.27)
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hydrocarbons (C and H) are non polar
butmany organic compounds contain
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen,nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus
theseare polar compounds
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look at page 35 fig 3.2many organic compounds have
a carbon and hydrogen backboneto which
are added functional groups
functional groups provide specific chemical
properties to the organic compounds
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look at figure 3.8fructose and glucose and galactose
have the same chemical formulabut they are each different
they are structural isomersthey have the same
6 carbons12 hydrogen
6 oxygen
but they are arranged differently in the molecule
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in living systems isomers can have different shapes
the correct shape is important becauseenzymes, hormones, and receptors, are very
specific to theshape of the chemicals they interact with
why is this important?
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message to cell – membrane carries message to cytoplasm
- series of chemical changes take place in cytoplasm
- changes carry message to nucleus - in nucleus message cause 1 gene to unwind
- DNA of gene makes a copy of the gene- the copy is known as messenger RNA (mRNA)
-mRNA leaves the nucleus-mRNA stimulates RER to make a protein enzyme
- enzyme tells cell what work to do
at every step chemicals fit together like pieces of a puzzle
if the pieces do not fit the process stops
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some molecules exist as a single moleculethese are known as monomers
but
many biologically active molecules exist as long chains of monomers
these are polymers
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look at figure3.5and learn the difference
between a dehydration (condensation) reaction
and a hydrolysis reaction
these reactions are common inall living organisms
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DEHYDRATIONwhen 2 molecule are joined together
to form a larger compound
a H is removed from 1 reactantand an OH is removed from the 2nd reactant
resulting inthe formation of a molecule of water
the reactants were dehydrated (water was removed)
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HYDROLYSISwhen a large molecule is being
split by an enzymethen
water is split to H and OHthe H is added to one part
and OH is added to the other part
water was split and added to the subunits
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the next section deals with the chemistry and biological role of
saccharides (sugars)proteins (amino acid polymers)
lipids (fats and oils)and nucleic acids (DNA and RNAs)
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most biologically active simple saccharides (sugars)
have 3, 4, 5, and 6 carbonsbut
these monomers can be arrangedinto many complex polymer sugars
such asstarch, glycogen, chitin, and cellulose made up of 100s or 1000s of sugars
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3, 4, 5, and 6 carbon sugars are important in many functions
5 carbon sugars are important in DNA & RNAs
3,4, and 6 carbon sugars as monomers – dimers – and polymers
are important for energy, storage, and support
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sugar is often transportedas a disaccharide
glucose + glucose = maltoseglucose + fructose = sucroseglucose + galactose = lactose
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in animals sugar is storedas a highly branched amylose complex
called glycogenamylose is a complex form of glucose
see fig 3.10
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in plants sugar is storedas a maltose complex
which islinked together with many maltose
moleculesto form starch
one of the simplest starches is amylose
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cellulose is a complex polymerof glucose where the side chains
of glucose are cross linkedin such a way that the most enzymes
which digest starch cannotbreak down cellulose
thuscellulose is a good structural material
providing support for plants
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chitin is a polymerized of glucosewhich links up with a protein component
to form a strong cross linked toughvery resistant material
whichforms the exoskeleton of
crustaceans and others
step on a cockroach and listen to thebreaking of the bonds in chitin
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proteins are very complexthey consist of a polymerized moleculemade up of 20 different amino acids
proteins can include as few as 3 amino acidsmost proteins are made up of 100s or 1000s of amino acids
linked together to formspecific shapes
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proteins function-as enzymes-tell the cell what to do-defense-fight infection and disease
-transport-oxygen, hormones, through membranes
-support-hair, skin, bone, muscle-motion-muscles, tendons, ligaments,
mitosis, meiosis-regulation-hormones, as enzymes, gene
activation-storage- calcium, iron, oxygen
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there are 20 naturally occurring amino acidssome are polar, and others nonpolar
every amino acid has a generalized structure as
R(?) l
H2N - C - COOHlH
there are 20 different Rs
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the R(?) on the generalized amino acidare shown on page 47
you will see that there are 20different functional groups
which make each of theamino acids different
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when amino acids link togetherit is a dehydration reaction
when an amino acid is split from a proteinit is a hydrolysis reaction
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when amino acids join together to form apolypeptide the molecule goes througha series of structural or shape changes
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Look on page 49 to see the changesin shape as a protein is constructed
the molecule goes through a primary – secondary – tertiary structure
this folds the protein into the correct shape
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why do we keep talking about shape?
molecules cannot talk to each other!But
when they fit together like pieces of a puzzlethe new molecule is then able to fit into another
moleculeeach linkage causes something to happen
in the cell membrane, cytoplasm, or nucleuswhich results in the cell doing
work needed by the cell, or body
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proteins with the correct tertiary structurecan link up to form many complex proteins
with a quaternary shape
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just as there are homeodomain proteinsfound in every living organism
there aresimilar sequences of amino acids
resulting in similar shapes in all living organismsthese are
protein motifsand are
common patterns found again and again in proteins
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homeodomain proteins were discussed in chapter 1
these arefunctional units of a proteinwhich have specific tasks
and are ubiquitous
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if a protein has the wrong shapeit cannot get the cell to do what the cell or body needs
so
the cells have developed a method tomake sure the shape is correct
and if needed to correct the shape
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chaperone proteinsare
a group of barrel-like proteinswhich
attach to forming proteinsand use energy to make the folds and
shapes correct
see page 51
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lipids are known as fats, oils, waxes
lipids or fats are usuallylong chains of non polar hydrocarbons
and are hydrophobic
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a true lipidis
a long chain hydrocarbonwith a carboxylic acid group at the end
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many lipids are in the form ofa triglyceride (see page 54)
glycerol is a 3 carbon sugara triglyceride has a lipid chain
attached to each of the 3 carbons of glycerol
there are many different kinds of triglycerides
depending on the kinds of lipids attached
to the glycerol component
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on pages 53 and 54 read aboutsaturated
un or monounsaturatedpolyunsaturatedcis and trans fats
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proteins and sugars provide 4 calories per grambut
most fats provide 9 calories per gram
our bodies can only store a small amount of sugar as glycogen and excess sugar
becomes fat
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one of the most important lipid structures in our body
is our cell membranes which controlwhat goes in and out of a cell
our cell membranes are composed of a double
or bilayer of a phospholipid
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cell membrane phospholipids consist of- glycerol
-2 fatty acid chains- a phosphate group
see page 55
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the phosphate is the polar endthe fatty acids are the non polar end
when in contact with waterthe
polar end is in contact with the waterand the
non polar end is forced inwards away from the water
the result is a bilayer membrane (page 56)
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the last molecule whose structure you should understand are the nucleic acids
(DNA & RNA)we will leave these for a later chapter