Exam 3: The Biochemistry of Macromolecules

DNA may be described as ________. Select all that apply)

Purines differ from pyrimidines in that ________. (Select all that apply)

The androgen sex hormones produced in high amounts in adolescents belong to the ________ group of lipids

A non-competitive enzyme inhibitor ________.

The overall structure of a protein is ultimately dependent upon ________.

This biological molecule can be described as a ________. (Select all that apply)

The number of different types of proteins that are 250 amino acids long is equal to ________.

Proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids are the four classes of macromolecules that compose all organisms. What characteristic(s) do these four groups share? (Select all that apply)

________ are amphipathic molecules.

________ is the conversion of mRNA into a protein.

The most important forms of lipids in living cells include ________.

This molecule demonstrates the ________ level of protein structure.

One of the more common sterols is ________ that can be both beneficial to cells as a plasma membrane component but is also implicated in heart disease because of arterial plaque formations.

Unsaturated fats ________.

The basic structure of steroids includes ________.

Examples of unsaturated fats include ________. (Select all that apply)

Which of the following are coenzymes? (Select all that apply)

Cortisol, a steroid hormone, functions to________.

Phospholipids ________.

Mycolic acid is a waxy cell wall material found in members of the Genus Mycobacterium. Because of the waterproof nature of mycolic acid, which staining technique must be used to identify these bacteria under the microscope?