Chemistry of Cells
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CHEMISTRY OF CELLS
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OBJECTIVES
1. Describe the distinguishing characteristics of carbohydrates
2. Describe the important biological functions of polysaccharides
3. Explain what distinguishes lipids from other classes of biological macromolecules
4. Describe the unique properties, building blocks and biological roles of fats, phospholipids and steroids
5. Distinguish proteins from the other classes of macromolecules
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OBJECTIVES CONT.
6. List the biological functions which proteins perform
7. Explain what determines protein conformation and why it is important
8. Define denaturation and explain how proteins may be denatured
9. Describe the characteristics that distinguish nucleic acids from the other classes of macromolecules
10. Summarize the functions of nucleic acids
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OBJECTIVES CONT.
11. Briefly describe the three-dimensional structure of DNA
12. Evaluate the importance of energy to living things
13. Relate energy and chemical reactions
14. Describe the role of enzymes in chemical reactions
15. Identify the effect of enzymes on food molecules
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MACROMOLECULES
Macro = large Molecules = 2 or more atoms covalently bonded Usually referred to as polymers
Like a chain
Made from several repeating subunits The repeated subunits are called monomers
Like links in a chain
3 of the 4 macromolecules are polymers of monomers
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Making or Breaking Polymers
• The chemical mechanisms that cells use to make and break polymers are similar for all classes of macromolecules.
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Making Polymers• Monomers are connected
by covalent bonds via a condensation reaction or dehydration reaction.– One monomer provides
a hydroxyl group and the other provides a hydrogen and together these form water.
– This process requires energy and is aided by enzymes.
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BREAKING DOWN POLYMERS The covalent bonds connecting
monomers in a polymer are disassembled by hydrolysis.
In hydrolysis as the covalent bond is broken a hydrogen atom and hydroxyl group from a split water molecule attaches where the covalent bond used to be.
Hydrolysis reactions dominate the digestive process, guided by specific enzymes.
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TYPES OF MACROMOLECULES
There are four of them.
1. Carbohydrates
2. Lipids
3. Proteins
4. Nucleic acids
☺ For each of these you will be expected to identify, describe, and differentiate between all four macromolecules.
☺You will also be expected to describe the biological importance of each macromolecule
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FUNCTION OF CARBOHYDRATES
1. Sugars, the smallest carbohydrates, serve as fuel and carbon sources
2. Polysaccharides, the polymers of sugars, have storage and structural roles
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STRUCTURE OF CARBOHYDRATES
Monosaccharides generally have molecular formulas containing C,H and O in a 1:2:1 ratio.
For example, glucose has the formula C6H12O6.
Most names for sugars end in -ose.
Monosaccharides are also classified by the number of carbons in the backbone.
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• Monosaccharides, particularly glucose, are a major fuel for cellular work.
• They are also building blocks for of other monomers, including those of amino acids (protein) and fatty acids (lipids).
• While often drawn as a linear skeleton, in aqueous solutions monosaccharides form rings.
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2. Polysaccharides, the polymers of sugars, have storage and structural roles
• Polysaccharides are polymers of hundreds to thousands of monosaccharides joined together (What is a polymer?)
• One function of polysaccharides is energy storage – it is hydrolyzed as needed.
• Other polysaccharides serve as building materials for the cell or whole organism.
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Starch is a storage polysaccharide composed entirely of glucose monomers
Great big chain of glucose molecules
What would this look like? (Draw it.)
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Biological Uses of Polysaccharides• Plants store starch within plastids, including
chloroplasts.• Plants can store surplus glucose in starch and
withdraw it when needed for energy or carbon.• Animals that feed on plants, especially parts rich
in starch, can also access this starch to support their own metabolism.
• Hey, this sounds like an objective!
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LIPIDS - DIVERSE HYDROPHOBIC MOLECULES
1. Fats store large amounts of energy
2. Phospholipids are major components
of cell membranes
3. Steroids include cholesterol and certain hormones
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Introduction• Lipids are an exception among macromolecules
because they do not have polymers.– Though lipid structure is easily recognized
• Lipids all have little or no affinity for water.• Lipids are highly diverse in form and function.
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1. Fats store large amounts of energy• Although fats are not strictly polymers,
they are large molecules assembled from smaller molecules by dehydration reactions.
• A fat is constructed from two kinds of smaller molecules, glycerol and fatty acids.
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• Glycerol consists of a three carbon skeleton with a hydroxyl group attached to each.
• • A fatty acid consists of a carboxyl group attached to a long carbon skeleton, often 16 to 18 carbons long.
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• The many nonpolar C-H bonds in the long hydrocarbon skeleton make fats hydrophobic.
• In a fat, three fatty acids are joined to glycerol by an ester linkage, creating a triacylglycerol.
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• The three fatty acids in a fat can be the same or different.
• Fatty acids may vary in length (number of carbons) and in the number and locations of double bonds.
• If there are no carbon-carbon double bonds, then the molecule is a saturated fatty acid - a hydrogen at every possible position.
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• If there are one or more carbon-carbon double bonds, then the molecule is an unsaturated fatty acid - formed by the removal of hydrogen atoms from the carbon skeleton.
• Saturated fatty acids are straight chains, but unsaturated fatty acids have a kink wherever there is a double bond
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Saturated vs Unsaturated• Fats with saturated fatty acids are saturated fats.
– Most animal fats– solid at room temperature.
• Straight chains allow many hydrogen bonds– A diet rich in saturated fats may contribute to cardiovascular
disease (atherosclerosis) through plaque deposits.
• Fats with unsaturated fatty acids are unsaturated fats.– Plant and fish fats, known as oils– Liquid are room temperature.
• The kinks provided by the double bonds prevent the molecules from packing tightly together.
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2. Phospholipids are major components of cell membranes
• Phospholipids have two fatty acids attached to glycerol and a phosphate group at the third position.
• The “head” likes water• The “tail” hates water
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• The interaction of phospholipids with water is complex.– The fatty acid tails are hydrophobic, but the phosphate
group and its attachments form a hydrophilic head.
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• When phospholipids are added to water, they self-assemble into aggregates with the hydrophobic tails pointing toward the center and the hydrophilic heads on the outside.– This type of structure is called a micelle.
• What structure is this similar to?
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• At the surface of a cell phospholipids are arranged as a bilayer.– the hydrophilic heads are on the outside in contact with the aqueous
solution and the hydrophobic tails form the core.– The phospholipid bilayer forms a barrier between the cell and the
external environment.• They are the major component of cell membranes.
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3. Steroids include cholesterol and certain hormones• Steroids are lipids with a carbon skeleton
consisting of four fused carbon rings.– Different steroids are created by varying functional groups
attached to the rings.
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1. A polypeptide is a polymer of amino acids connected to a specific sequence 2. A protein’s function depends on its specific conformation
PROTEINS - MANY STRUCTURES, MANY FUNCTIONS
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INTRODUCTION
Proteins are instrumental in about everything that an organism does. structural support,
storage
transport of other substances
intercellular signaling
movement
defense against foreign substances
Proteins are the main enzymes in a cell and regulate metabolism by selectively accelerating chemical reactions.
Humans have tens of thousands of different proteins, each with their own structure and function.
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Proteins are the most structurally complex molecules known.
Each type of protein has a complex three-dimensional shape or conformation.
All protein polymers are constructed from the same set of 20 monomers, called amino acids.
Polymers of proteins are called polypeptides.
A protein consists of one or more polypeptides folded and coiled into a specific conformation
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A POLYPEPTIDE IS A POLYMER OF AMINO ACIDS CONNECTED IN
A SPECIFIC SEQUENCE
Amino acids consist of four components attached to a central carbon, the alpha carbon.
These components include a hydrogen atom, a carboxyl group, an amino group, and a side chain.
Polypeptides are made of amino acids
Amino acids CONTAIN NITROGEN (N)
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The repeated sequence (N-C-C) is the polypeptide backbone.
Attached to the backbone are the various R groups. Polypeptides range in size from a few monomers to
thousands.
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The structural properties of silk are due to beta pleated sheets. The presence of so many hydrogen bonds makes each silk
fiber stronger than steel.
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NUCLEIC ACIDS
Contain genetic information Provides instructions for making polypeptides
Each monomer is a nucleotide
Nucleotides are composed of
1. 5 carbon sugar Deoxyribose ribose
2. Phosphate group
3. Nitrogenous base Adenine (A) Thymine (T) in DNA, Uracil (U) in RNA Guanine (G) cytosine
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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
Sugar is deoxyribose
Shape is a double helix
Ribonucleic acid (RNA)
Sugar is ribose
Uses a different nitrogenous base Uracil (U) instead of thymine (T)
Shape may be a single or double helix