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Chapt03 Lecture
Chapt03 Lecture
Chemistry of Life
-carbohydrates,
proteins, nucleic acids
and lipids
3-1
Review questions from Chapter
1 – Q1
3-2
Review question from Chapter 1
- Q2
3-4
Level of structural organization
within an organism
3-5
Chapter 3: Chemistry of life
Because of it has
catenation property.
It can elongate, linearly
It can form branched
structures
-C-C- bonds are stable
bonds
Carbon (C)
Nitrogen (N)
Oxygen (O)
Hydrogen (H)
– Phosphorous (P)
– Sulfur (S)
Why these atoms constitute the base of life?
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Chemical groups important for
life
Hydroxyl (-O-H)
Carbonyl (-C=O)
Carboxyl (-COOH)
Amine (-NH2)
Sulfhydryl (-S-H)
Phosphate (-PO43-)
Aliphatic groups (e.g., -CH3)
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Organic molecules essential for
life
Structural proteins
– Important in maintaining the shape of cells and
organisms
– Collagen, Keratins
Regulatory proteins
– Determine what activities will occur in a protein
– Enzymes and hormones
Carrier proteins
– Transport molecules from one place to another
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– Lipoproteins
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Nucleic Acids – blue print of life
The largest biological
molecules
Store and transfer
information within a cell
Two types -DNA and RNA
Are made of nucleotides
– 5-carbon sugar
– Phosphate group
– Nitrogenous group
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Nucleotides
Two different types -
Purine – Two types
Adenine
Gunanine
Pyrimidine
Cytosine
Thymine (DNA)
Uracil (RNA)
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Sugar and Phosphate
Sugar
DNA – deoxyribose
RNA – Ribose
Phosphate
What is the difference between DNA and
genes?
What is the difference between DNA and
chromosomes?
Does the entire DNA produce protein?
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