The Chemistry of Life
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The Chemistry of Life
Chapter 2
Water makes up approx 70 to 95 percent of most organisms.
When the electrons in a covalent bond are not shared equally they form a polar molecule.
Polar Molecule: unequal distribution of charge, the molecule has a
distinct partial positive end and a partial negative end. Universal Solvent: “like dissolves like”
Water
H20 - Polar molecule
8p+8n0
1p+
1p+2e- 6e-
Hydrogen
Hydrogen
OxygenS+S+
S-
S+S+
S-
Properties• High Specific Heat – resists changes in temp.Water retains its state at temperature levels where other liquids would begin to turn into gas or evaporate.
• Cohesion – attraction of water molecules, provides surface tension.
• Adhesion – attraction of water to different substances….meniscus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAilC0sjvy0&feature=related
Role of CarbonCarbon has 4 electrons to share and it can
share these electrons in three different ways.
4 Covalent bonds it can form
1. Single C - C
2. Double C = C
3. Triple C C
Straight Branched Ring
Carbon-based molecules have three general types of structures.
ISOMERSIsomers - compounds that have the
same molecular formula but different structural formula.
Monomer - singular unit or molecule Polymer - a group of molecules or
units bonded together.
cellulose
FUNCTIONAL GROUPSMost organic compounds have functional
groups of atoms that carry out chemical reactions.
FUNCTIONAL GROUPS -NH2 Amine Proteins -PO4 Phosphate Nucleic
Acids -COOH Carboxylic Acid Fats -OH Hydroxyl or Lipids &
AlcoholCarbohydrates
ENDINGS -ose Sugars (Sucrose) -in Proteins (Pepsin) -ase Protein Enzyme (Amylase) -ol Lipid
(Glycerol)
CARBOHYDRATES- C, H, O
1 Carbon : 2 Hydrogens : 1 Oxygen 1:2:1 ratio
Example: Glucose C6H12O6
CARBOHYDRATE MONOMERSMonosaccharides - simplest
carbohydrate
Most common arrangement : C6H12O6
Names : Glucose, Fructose, Galactose
CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Disaccharides - 2 monosaccharides covalently bonded
together.
Glucose + Galactose = Lactose (milk sugar) Glucose + Fructose = Sucrose (table sugar) Glucose + Glucose = Maltose (malt sugar)
Disaccharides
Polysaccharides - long chains (polymers) Glycogen- made and stored in animals
…highly branched compared to plant starches (store food in the liver as glycogen)
Starch – is made and stored by plants (potatoes)
Cellulose – straight rigid structure that makes up the cell wall in plants (celery, cotton)
Chitin – rigid structure that makes up exoskeleton of insects
CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Polysaccharides
Processes of Forming and Breaking Bonds
1) Dehydration Synthesis/Condensation - put monomers together by removing water (H2O)
2) Hydrolysis - Add H20 to break covalent bonds
http://nhscience.lonestar.edu/biol/dehydrat/dehydrat.html
Dehydration Synthesis
Hydrolysis
LIPIDS - C, H, O
Fats, oils, waxes, cholesterol (steroids), phospholipids (C57H110O6)
Nonpolar - insoluble in water, make up cell membrane, energy, used to make hormones, and Elle’s love for *all* her students.
Fat = 3 Fatty acids + glycerol (monomers)
Fatty acid : 1. Chain of C and H atoms 2. Carboxyl group -COOH
Glycerol : 3 Carbon molecule, backbone of a lipid.
(polymer)
LIPIDcarboxyl
Triglyceride http://
users.uma.maine.edu/SusanBaker/triglyceride.html
Phospholipid
1. Glycerol2. 2 fatty acids3. Phosphate head
Steroids
Cholesterol
2 KINDS OF FATS1. Saturated Fats - single carbon
bonds (solids)
2. Unsaturated Fats - double or triple carbon bonds (liquids)
PROTEINS-N, C, H, O sometime S, and always lovemade up of amino acids
(monomers/basic building blocks of a protein)
1 Carboxyl group
1 amino group (-NH2)
1 side chain (R)
Amino acids differ in side groups, or R groups.
PROTEINS
PEPTIDE BONDS : bonds formed between the amino group of
one amino acid and the carboxyl group of another, with
love.What process allows peptide
bonds to take place?
Dehydration Synthesis
H - N - C - C - OH + H - N - C - C - OHH O H O
H R H R
Proteins differ in the number and order of amino acids.– Amino acids interact to give a protein its shape.
– Incorrect amino acids change a protein’s structure and function.
hydrogen bond
Hemoglobin
PROTEINS
Polypeptides : proteins, long chains of amino acids
20 different amino acids
NUCLEIC ACIDSP, N, C, H, OHereditary Material1. DNA - 2 chains
- deoxyribose sugar- phosphate backbone
- nitrogeneous base
2. RNA - 1 chain- ribose sugar- phosphate backbone
- nitrogeneous base
NUCLEIC ACIDSNucleotides : monomer of a nucleic
acid.
Nucleotides are composed of 3 separate parts
5 Carbon + PO4 + Nitrogen
Base Sugar Phosphate Group
SP
N
Nucleotide
Nucleotides are made of a sugar, phosphate group, and a nitrogen base.
A phosphate group nitrogen-containing molecule,called a base
deoxyribose (sugar)
• Nucleic acids are polymers of monomers called nucleotides.
DNA Nucleotides
DNA Nucleotides
ATP Nucleotide
NUCLEIC ACIDS
Nitrogen Basesadenine (purine)guanine (purine)cytosine (pyrimidine)thymine (pyrimidine)uracil (pyrimidine)
*Only in DNA*Only in RNA
ENZYMESProtein catalysts necessary for most of
the chemical rxns that occur in living cells.
Catalysts : a substance that increase the rate of a chemical rxn.
HOW DO YOU RECOGNIZE AN ENZYME?
*Enzymes are usually named after the substrate with an -ase ending.
Substrate : the substance an enzyme acts upon
EXAMPLES : Enzyme that splits maltose into 2 glucose
molecules is maltase Proteins - Protease Lipids - Lipase
HOW DO ENZYMES WORK?1. The enzyme shape makes it able to do work. Active Site
2. The active site is the place on the enzyme where the rxn occurs.
3. The substance the enzyme act upon is the substrate
* The active site must fit the shape of the substrate
maltose
Enzyme
HOW DO ENZYMES WORK?4. The substrate and the active site of the enzyme come together briefly to form the enzyme - substrate complex.
*While temporarily together the enzyme may make or break bonds within the substrate.
Enzyme
OH OH
Enzyme* Note enzymes arenot changed by the rxn
QUESTION?
* What enzyme broke the bond between the disaccharide maltose in the previous slide?
HYPOTHESIS FOR HOW AN ENZYME WORKS (2)
1. Lock & Key Hypothesis : Proposes that the substrate fits exactly into
the active site on the enzyme. * Key - Active Site unlocks the lock - substrate
2. Induced Fit Hypothesis : Proposes that the enzyme changes shape
slightly to grasp the substrate at the active site.
* Hand grasping a baseball (molds to shape of object)
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072507470/student_view0/chapter25/animation__enzyme_action_and_the_hydrolysis_of_sucrose.html
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072495855/student_view0/chapter2/animation__how_enzymes_work.html
DiffusionDiffusion : the net movement of
particles from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration.
Key factors in the rate of diffusion: concentration, temperature, and pressure.
What is Equilibrium?Equilibrium : when concentrations
are equal and the net movement of particles is equal.