Bmsc 200 Final Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024

Double helix {Ans: 2 helicial strands coiled in a right hand fashion}advantages of constructing biologicals from polymers {Ans: simplicity, recycling and diversity}collagen cannot have an alpha helix because_____ {Ans: it contains glycine and proline}polar uncharged amino acids {Ans: serine, threonine, cysteine, asparagine, glutamine}folded proteins occupy ________ {Ans: a low energy state and the greatest stability}Fibrils {Ans: parallel chains that are linked through hydrogen bonds}Waters active role {Ans: Peptide bond formation releases a water molecule}velocity {Ans: the change in product concentration over time}N terminus has a _____ {Ans: partial positive dipole charge}Elastase cleaves {Ans: Gly, Ala}why do we use carbon rather than silicon? {Ans: carbon bonds are stronger than silicon bonds, more energy is released, and carbon allows for recycling in the biosphere}glycolipids {Ans: sugars covalently linked to lipids}The dipole of water molecules influences its ability to {Ans: Form electrostatic interactions with charged molecules and form hydrogen bonds}Molecules that have the highest solubility {Ans: Carry a charge and/or participate in hydrogen bonds}Diprotic {Ans: an acid that can donate two protons}thrombin cleaves {Ans: Arg-Gly bonds}Lipids make up {Ans: aggregates}What is phosphorylation? {Ans: the addition