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MCAT Organic Chemistry 2
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MCAT Organic Chemistry 2
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1. PH at which positive and negative charges balance to form a zwitterion

2. What kind of lipids compromise the lipid bilayer?

3. Fatty acid w/ one or more double bonds in cis form predominately

4. Sulfur containing amino acids

5. What stabilizes lipid bilayer?

6. Sugar with a carbonyl group at the 2 carbon position

7. Characteristic of basic amino acids

8. Carbon that in linear form has a carbonyl - or in cyclic form has a hemiacetal or an acetal

9. Naturally occurring carbohydrates are formed from what?

10. Unique feature of glycine

11. Covalent bond formed btw carboxyl group of one atom and the amino group of another amino acid in an addition - elimination mechanism - enzymes are required to carry out rxn

12. Hydrolysis

13. D and L describe what?

14. Epimers of sugars that vary in the configuration of their anomeric carbons

15. What describes the affinity of functional groups for a proton?

16. Fatty acid structure

17. Energy storage molecule of carbohydrates for animals

18. Polar amino acids

19. 2 reasons why fats have more efficient energy stores than carbs

20. Hydrophobic and hydrophilic interactions btw amino acids more distant from each other on the polypeptide chain

21. Sugar with an aldehyde at the first carbon position

22. Fxn of cholesterol in the membrane?

23. Amino group placed on the left of a fischer projection is a?

24. What configuration do all naturally occuring amino acids have?

25. Amino group placed on the right of a fischer projection is a?