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Molecular Biology 1-3

put together by: Linda Fahlberg-Stojanovska


Disclaimer: I put these together for my kid for his smartphone. However, I found most images had very small type and increased the font size. I am posting it because another teacher might find this useful. The sources are given. If I have used anything illegally, write me and I will take it off.

Contents
Carbohydrates Lipids Amino Acids

Carbohydrates = Saccharides
The term carbohydrate = saccharide in biochemistry. The carbohydrates (saccharides) are divided into four chemical groupings:
monosaccharides = simple sugar disaccharides (2 simple sugars) oligosaccharides (3-6 simple sugars) and polysaccharides (>6 simple sugars = macromolecule)

monosaccharides and disaccharides = sugars

Carbohydrates = Saccharides
A carbohydrate is an organic compound; it consists only of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. General formula is: Cm(H2O)n with H:O atom ratio of 2:1 (like water). However, there are exceptions to this. One common example would be deoxyribose, a component of DNA, which has the empirical formula C5H10O4. Carbohydrates are not technically hydrates of carbon. Structurally it is more accurate to view them as polyhydroxy aldehydes and ketones. Monosaccharides and disaccharides are called sugars and are small molecules; polysaccharides are large or macromolecules.

Chirality
Chiral molecule is NOT superposable on its mirror image.
It lacks an internal plane of symmetry and thus is not superposable on its mirror image. Chiral molecules usually have an asymmetric carbon atom.

An achiral (non-chiral, symmetric) molecule and its enantiomer (mirror image).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirality_%28chemistry%29

Monosaccharide = Simple Sugar


Monosaccharides or simple sugars are the most basic units of biologically important carbohydrates. Monosaccharides are monomers. They are used to build disaccharides such as sucrose and polysaccharides (such as cellulose and starch). Usually colorless, water-soluble, crystalline solids. Examples: glucose, fructose, galactose, xylose and ribose. Further, each carbon atom that supports a hydroxyl group (except for the first and last) is chiral, giving rise to a number of isomeric forms all with the same chemical formula. For instance, galactose and glucose are both aldohexoses, but have different chemical and physical properties.

Monosaccharide = Simple Sugar

glucose

fructose

Monosaccharides - Chirality

glucose

galactose

Disaccharides
A disaccharide is the carbohydrate formed when two monosaccharides undergo a condensation reaction and bind together in one molecule. As we shall see, a condensation reaction is a synthesis or anabolic reaction that releases water. Common disaccharides are sucrose, lactose and maltose. As we shall see, the bond formed between the 2 simple sugars of a disaccharide is called a glycosidic bond.

Disaccharide Maltose (1-4)


glucose glucose

H2O

maltose

disaccharide glycosidic bond

Lipids
Lipid is a group of naturally occurring molecules
fats = triglycerides steroids
steroid hormones subgroup sterols (example: chloresterol)

phospholipids fat-soluble vitamins (such as vitamins A, D, E, and K), monoglycerides, diglycerides others.

Lipids
The main biological functions of lipids include
energy storage fat (adipose tissue) structural components of cell membranes phospholipids, cholesterol, ... important signaling molecules steroid hormones, prostaglandins

Lipids Classification 1

http://www.fao.org/docrep/field/003/AB470E/AB470E03.htm

Fatty Acids

Fatty acid is simplest lipid

http://www.biochem.arizona.edu/classes/bioc462/462a/NOTES/LIPIDS/Lipids.html

Fats = Triglycerides
All fats are derivatives of fatty acids and glycerol. The molecules are called triglycerides, which are esters of glycerol and 3 fatty acids. an ester is molecule formed from the reaction of the
carboxylic acid and an organic alcohol

If straightened, the fatty acids would each be a horizontal line; the glycerol "backbone" would be the vertical line that joins the 3 horizontal lines.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat

Esters Glycerol + Fatty Acids

The hydrophobic tail of a phospholipid glycerol 2 fatty acids

http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/pae/botany/uno/graphics/uno01pob/vrl/

Glycerol (3-C alcohol)


Glycerol is an alcohol with multiple hydroxyl OH groups. The glycerol backbone is central to all glyceride lipids.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycerol

Keywords
An alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxyl functional group (-OH) is bound to a carbon atom and this carbon center is saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms. Alkanes (saturated hydrocarbons) compounds that have only hydrogen and carbon atoms and have ONLY single bonds (saturated compounds). The simplest alkane is methane CH4. Cycloalkanes (naphthenes) are types of alkanes that have one or more rings of carbon atoms (all with single bonds). Steroids have four cycloalkane rings.

Steroids
Steroid is an organic compound with a characteristic

arrangement of four cycloalkane rings The core of steroids is 17 carbon atoms bonded together:
3 cyclohexane rings A, B, C and 1 cyclopentane ring D steroids vary by functional groups attached to this four ring core and by the oxidation state of the rings

Examples:
Hormones and sterols

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steroid

Steroids

http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/biobookchem2.html

Steroids Sterols - Cholesterol


Sterols are special forms of steroids,
with a hydroxyl group at position-3 and a skeleton derived from cholestane

Examples: Vitamin D and Cholesterol

http://www.cytochemistry.net/cell-biology/membrane_intro.htm

Cholesterol
Cholesterol = build and maintain membranes
hydroxyl group on cholesterol interacts with the polar head groups of the membrane phospholipids and sphingolipids, bulky steroid and the hydrocarbon chain are embedded in the membrane, alongside the nonpolar fatty acid chain of the other lipids.

Cholesterol reduces the permeability of the plasma (cell) membrane so only neutral solutes, protons H+ and sodium ions can pass through.

Cholesterol
Within cell membrane, cholesterol also functions intracellular transport, cell signaling and nerve conduction. Within cells, cholesterol is the precursor molecule. Cholesterol is an important precursor for the synthesis of vitamin D and for the steroid hormones. In the liver, cholesterol is contained in bile.

Cholesterol - Steroid Hormones


Steroid hormones are derived from cholesterol Sex hormones
Progesterone Testosterone Estradiol

Aldosterone Cortisol

Membrane Lipids
Membrane lipids are lipids in the cell membrane. Ex: phospholipids, glycolipids, and cholesterol

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http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/insidethecell/chapter1.html

Phospholipid

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phospholipid

Bile Digestion of Lipids


Bile is mostly of water (85%) and bile salts (10%) Bile salts solubilize fats in the digestive tract and aid in the intestinal absorption of fat molecules as well as the fat-soluble vitamins, A, D, E, and K.
Bile salts surround fat (lipid) to solubilize it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bile

Amino acids
Amino acids are molecules containing an amine group, a carboxylic acid group, and a side-chain that is specific to each amino acid.
The key elements of an amino acid are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.

Structure of an amino acid

http://www.hcc.mnscu.edu/chem/V.27/amino_acid_structure_2.jpg

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Amino acids - Glysine

Side chain = H so it is smallest of the 20 amino acids

Its codons are GGU, GGC, GGA, GGG M = 75 g/mol. Solubility=250 mg/ml Not essential. Can be manufactured artificially and in the body. Glycine is a colourless, sweet-tasting crystalline solid. It is achiral (not chiral); all other amino acids are chiral. It can fit into hydrophilic or hydrophobic environments, due to its two hydrogen atom side chain.
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http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/G/glycine.html

Amino acids - Lysine

Lysine is an essential amino acid, (human body cannot synthesize it). Lysine's codons are AAA and AAG. Lysine is a base

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Amino acids - 1

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http://www.geneinfinity.org/sp/sp_aaprops.html

Amino acids - 2

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http://www.geneinfinity.org/sp/sp_aaprops.html

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