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Copy Table 2.1. Fill in the blanks in the second column of the table using the words below: hydrophilic haemoglobin ionic bond hydrophobic disaccharide disulfide bond Try with a partner to make a similar table with different statements based on the topics in this chapter. Try it out on other students.
Description
Word/Term
term for water hating
broken by a reduction reaction
formed by a condensation reaction
characteristic of globular proteins
has two alpha chains and beta chains
can be broken by pH changes
Important Questions on Biological Molecules
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'The protein-folding problem' box at the beginning of this chapter discussed how scientists are trying to predict the final shapes of proteins from a knowledge of their primary structures. What information about amino acids and proteins would be relevant to feed into a computer program trying to make such predictions?
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State the property of water that helps to explain the cooling of skin during sweating.
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State the property of water that helps explain the transport of glucose and ions in a mammal.
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State the property of water that helps to explain why much smaller temperature fluctuations occurs in lakes and oceans than in terrestrial (land-based) habitats.
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Which term describes both collagen and haemoglobin?
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What type of chemical reaction is involved in the formation of disulfide bonds?
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Which diagram best represents the arrangement of water molecules around sodium (Na+) and chloride (Cl-) ions in solution?
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Copy and complete the following table. Place a tick or a cross in each box as appropriate.
