biochemistry introduction –defn = chemistry of living organisms –98% is c, h, o (99% is chnops)...
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BIOCHEMISTRY
• Introduction – Defn = chemistry of living organisms– 98% is C, H, O (99% is CHNOPS)– Organic chemistry deals mainly with ________.– Why is carbon so versatile? Draw its Lewis Dot
structure.
“All life is chemistry.” Jan Baptist van Helmont (1648)
KEY for Model Building
• Black = ?
• White = ?
• Blue = ?
• Red = ?
• What do the white tubes represent?
Organic Polymers that Life Requires
The BIG 4 Biomolecules1. Carbohydrates
2. Lipids/Fats
3. Proteins
4. Nucleic Acids (DNA & RNA)
All made up of C,H, O, N
1. Carbohydrates
• Include mono- & polysaccharides
• Examples: glucose, fructose, sucrose, deoxyribose, amylose
• Named “carbo” “hydrates” b/c …
each carbon is hydrated w/ H- and –OH.
• Formula = Cn(H2O)n where n = whole number so carbs have 1C:2H:1O ratio.
A. Monosaccharides
• Building blocks of polysaccharides
• Means “single sugars”
• Examples include glucose, fructose, galactose (all C6H12O6)>>isomers=same chemical make-up, different arrangement
B. Disaccharides
• “double sugars”• 2 monosacs joined together via dehydration
synthesis reaction
+ H20
• examples: glucose + glucose = maltose + water (see above) glucose + fructose = sucrose (table sugar) + H20 galactose + glucose = lactose (milk sugar) + H20
C. Polysaccharides
• “many sugar” polymer made up of 200+ monosacs (“bricks”) to make a macromolecule “house”
• Usually long chains of glucoses joined together via dehydration synthesis
Examples of Polysaccharides
• I’ll provide 1 structural & 1 energy store for both plants & animals
• Made out of the same “brick”=glucose
• How those glucoses are arranged is what makes them different (structurally and functionally)
• Can you see how in the following 4 examples?
#1=
-What monomer is repeated in this chain?-What do you notice about how they are positioned in the long chain?-What kind of reaction occurred to join all of them together?
Cellulose=structural polysac made up of α-glucoses joined 14 alternating orientation found in plant cell walls (tough& fibrous).
Can we humans digest it? • Humans cannot digest cellulose (but it is a source of
good fiber)• Neither can cows nor termites but their microbial
partners in their guts can
#2=STARCH (aka, Amyloseose) made up of chains of glucoses w/ 14 right-
side up linkages How are these glucoses joined differently than those in
cellulose?
Chitin (continued)
• Monomer=glucosamine (amine group at the #2 carbon in the glucose ring)
• Found in the exoskeleton cuticle of insects and crustaceans
Indicator Tests for Carbs1. Reducing (simple) sugars: Benedict’s Solution made up of a Cupric ion (Cu 2+) which is blue reacts with reducing sugars that donate electrons resulting in Cuprous Oxide (Cu 1+) which is reddish in color.
• Lugol’s Iodine solution is yellow-orangish in color but changes to bluish-black in the presence of the complex carb, starch.
2. Starch Test
2. Lipids• Include fats, oils, waxes, & steroids
• Chemically different group classified together b/c they are insoluable in water (NONPOLAR).
A. Triglycerides = 3 fatty acids + glycerol
Saturated vs. Unsaturated Fats
• So named b/c each carbon is “saturated with hydrogens”
• Found mainly in animals vs. plants
• Contain only single covalent bonds in long hydrocarbon chain vs. double bonds present in unsat. that lead to “kinks” in the long chain.
• Solid vs. liquid at room temp.
Importance of Fats
• Great source of long-term energy storage (each gram of fat produces 2X as much energy as carbs/protein)
• Insulation (esp. needed in first 3 years of brain development of humans to insulate your brain nerve cells)
• Lubrication (keeps organs from tearing each other apart)
B. Phospholipids=make up the bilayer of the cell membrane
OUTSIDE
INSIDES of a CELL
Inside of Cell Membrane
2.) Fat-soluble vitaminslike Vitamin D
Formed from cholesterol.Important in maintaining strong bones and boosting immune system.
Lipid Indicator test: Sudan stain.Sudan IV is not soluble in water; it is, however, soluble in lipids. Red Sudan IV is added to a solution along with ethanol to dissolve any possible lipids. If lipids are present the Sudan IV will stain them reddish-orange, giving a positive test, usu. Forming a layer on top.
Sleep-Fat Study
• ttp://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/10/17/163018568/poor-sleep-may-lead-to-too-much-stored-fat-and-disease
3. PROTEINS• Means “first place”
• Monomer = amino acids: central carbon w/ 1. Amino group
2. Carboxylic acid grp.
3. A Hydrogen
4. R group
What is an R group?
• R = Replacement Group
• Could be anything but only 20 that life uses (see p. 367 for a list of them).
• Build yours and attach (see index cards).• Gives each amino acid its uniqueness &
specificity (dictates how the amino acid interacts w/ others)
• Either nonpolar, polar, or charged
AA1 + AA2 Dipeptide + H20Left=remove –OH from carboxyl / Right =remove H
from amine. Connect 2 aa with peptide bond
+ H2O
Polypeptide= many amino acids joined together to create
long amino acids chain.
Smallest human one = gastric peptide (10aa)
Largest human protein = TITAN (>27,000 aa)
•For each peptide bond formed, a water molecule is lost thru dehydration synthesis.
•How that polypeptide folds and takes on a 3-D shape is determined by its R groups and how they interact w/ each other.
Roles that Proteins Play
1.) Speed up chemical reactions (catalysts) = ENZYMES
Ex: amylase: starts breaking down starch
Pepsin: starts breaking down proteins
ATP Synthase: helps make ATP
4.) Communication Hormones = messenger molecules that are secreted one place but have their effect elsewhere (Ex: insulin : secreted from pancreas & tells body cells to remove glucose from bloodstream)
Honors + Neurotransmitters (serotonin)
4. Nucleic Acids
• Named so because they are found mainly in the nucleusnucleus of cells.
• Include DNA & RNA.
• Monomer = nucleotide
NUCLEOTIDE: all 3 parts together
• See p. 48, Fig 2-16• See class model
-Red pentagon = sugar
-Purple = phosphate
-Middle colored “stairs” = adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine
B. Function of NAs
• The “code of life”
• Specifically they code for proteins• Each NA’s role:
DNA—stores the info (w/in chromosomes) for all of life’s processes (growth, metabolism, reproduction, etc.)
RNA—messenger that carries the info out
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B. RNA = single stranded, much shorter nucleotide sequences, comes in many different forms to perform different jobs in the decoding process