BIO 148 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
What component of amino acid structure varies among different amino acids? - Correct
Answers -The components of the R-group
What are the components of each monomer used to make proteins? - Correct Answers
--side chain, R
-amino functional group, NH2
-carboxyl group, COOH
There are 20 different amino acids. What makes one amino acid different from another?
- Correct Answers -Different side chains (R-groups) attached to alpha carbons
What type of interaction stabilizes the alpha-helix and the beta pleated sheet structures
of proteins? - Correct Answers -Hydrogen bonds
A peptide bond _____. - Correct Answers -forms the primary structure of proteins.
What two functional groups are always found in amino acids? - Correct Answers -
Carboxyl and amino groups.
What is the smallest unit containing the entire human genome? - Correct Answers -one
human somatic cell
When does asexual reproduction occur? - Correct Answers -mitosis
What's the fastest way for organisms to adapt to changing environments? - Correct
Answers -sexual reproduction
What genetic term is used to describe an observable trait? - Correct Answers -
phenotype
when polymerization of a protein is complete, but a protein is still completely linear,
what is the highest level of structure in the protein? - Correct Answers -Primary
The tertiary structure of a protein is the ___. - Correct Answers -unique three
dimensional shape of the fully folded polypeptide.
CORRECT ANSWERS
What component of amino acid structure varies among different amino acids? - Correct
Answers -The components of the R-group
What are the components of each monomer used to make proteins? - Correct Answers
--side chain, R
-amino functional group, NH2
-carboxyl group, COOH
There are 20 different amino acids. What makes one amino acid different from another?
- Correct Answers -Different side chains (R-groups) attached to alpha carbons
What type of interaction stabilizes the alpha-helix and the beta pleated sheet structures
of proteins? - Correct Answers -Hydrogen bonds
A peptide bond _____. - Correct Answers -forms the primary structure of proteins.
What two functional groups are always found in amino acids? - Correct Answers -
Carboxyl and amino groups.
What is the smallest unit containing the entire human genome? - Correct Answers -one
human somatic cell
When does asexual reproduction occur? - Correct Answers -mitosis
What's the fastest way for organisms to adapt to changing environments? - Correct
Answers -sexual reproduction
What genetic term is used to describe an observable trait? - Correct Answers -
phenotype
when polymerization of a protein is complete, but a protein is still completely linear,
what is the highest level of structure in the protein? - Correct Answers -Primary
The tertiary structure of a protein is the ___. - Correct Answers -unique three
dimensional shape of the fully folded polypeptide.
