ENZYME STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS: Enzymes are biological catalysts. They increase the rate of reactions by a factor of between 106 to 1012 times‚ allowing the chemical reactions that make life possible to take place at normal temperatures Definition of enzyme: A protein with catalytic properties due to its power of specific activation is defined as an enzyme. STRUCTURE Enzymes are proteins their function depends on its complexity. The reaction takes place in a small part of the enzyme
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DNA STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION QUIZ Provide answers to each of the following. You may consult your text and fellow students. Each numbered item counts 2 points. 1. If one strand of a DNA double helix has the sequence GTCCAT‚ what is the sequence of the other strand? a. ACTTGC b. CUGGTU c. CAGGTA d. CAGGUA e. TGAACG 2. If a strand of DNA has the sequence AAGCTC‚ transcription will result in a(n) ______. a. single DNA strand with the sequence TTCGAG
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Origin of Eukaryotes * The origin of eukaryotes is important to understand the origin of modern complex cells. There are three main separate theories that hypothesize the origins: the three-domain system‚ eocyte theory‚ and endosymbiosis. Each one have there own merits and evidence supporting. These theories suggest the evolution of cells from the most primitive prokaryotes‚ unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei‚ to the most complex eukaryotes‚ single or multicellular
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The cells of the adaptive immune system are special types of leukocytes‚ called lymphocytes. There are two main types of lymphocytes‚ B cells and T cells‚ which are derived from hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow. T cells are involved in cell-mediated immune response‚ whereas B cells are involved in the humoral immune response. The surface of each lymphatic cell has receptors that enable them to recognize foreign substances. There are two major subtypes of T cells: the helper T cell and
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Activity 1: 1. Did any solutes move through the 20 MWCO membrane? Why or Why not? 2. Did Na+Cl- move through the 50 MWCO membrane? Activity 2: 1. Are the solutes moving with or against their concentration gradient in facilitated diffusion? 2. What happened to the rate of facilitated diffusion when the number of carrier proteins was increased? 3. In the simulation you added Na+Cl- to test its effect on glucose diffusion. Explain why there was no effect. Activity 3: 1. Which membrane resulted
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Bacterial cells are Prokaryotic cells. These cells have several internal structures and surface structures. The cell walls are of two types‚ gram positive and gram negative. Out of all the structures‚ the two selected structures are the cell- wall and endospores. The cell- wall of bacterial cells is found in three distinct shapes such as spherical‚ spiral and rod shaped. The cell wall of the bacterial cells is composed of the proteins and polysaccharides. This is collectively called peptidoglycan
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Cell Membrane Structure Phospholipids are arranged in to layers‚ called the bilayer. They only have 2 fatty acids‚ this is because the third fatty acid is replaced by a negatively charged phosphate group. The phosphate heads are polar‚ in other words attracted to water‚ therefore they are hydrophilic. The lipid tails are non-popular as they’re not attracted to water and therefore known as hydrophobic. When phospholipids are added to the water‚ they rearrange themselves so that the hydrophilic heads
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Beneficial Prokaryote – Pseudomonas putida Pseudomonas putida is a gram negative and non-pathogenic bacterium with rod shape. It is usually grow in soil and water which high in oxygen content at 25-30°C. It has mutlitrichious flagella for mobility and it is sensitive to environment changes. Pseudomonas putida has several important strains which are F1 and KT2440 and a few significant plasmids such as the TOL and OCT plasmid. Besides that‚ it has a circular genome where around eighty genes in
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Eukaryotic Cell Structures All organisms are composed of cells which are characteristically microscope in size. Cell size is limited by the efficiency of diffusion across the plasma membrane. A typical eukaryotic cell is 10 to 100 micrometers in diameter opposed to prokaryotic cells are 1 to 10 micrometers in diameter. Bacterial and Eukaryotic cells display different cell organization in their size and structure‚ but despite this all they display basic structural similarities as well. Differences between
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Chapter 5 Membrane Structure and Function Winter wheat is planted in the early fall‚ grows over the winter when the weather is colder‚ and is harvested in the spring. As the temperature drops from fall to winter‚ the makeup of the plasma membrane of winter wheat changes. Unsaturated fatty acids replace saturated fatty acids in the phospholipids of the membrane. Why would colder weather select for the different lipid makeup in the plasma membrane? An abstract in the Canadian Journal of Botany
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