Concepts of Biology: Chemistry of Life Figure 2.1
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slide1. Concepts of Biology:
Chemistry of Life<br>
slide2. Figure 2.1 Foods such as bread, fruit, and cheese are rich sources of biological macromolecules. (credit: modification of work by Bengt Nyman)<br>
slide3. Students are often surprised that we need to go down to the atomic level in this Biology course. Organisms depend on the properties of molecules and the shape of those molecules and the property and shape depends on the nature of the atoms and the way that they are bonded.
There are a few specific aspects of atoms and bonds that you will need to be familiar with. These concepts will come up again when we talk of enzymes, genes, nutrition, etc.<br>
slide4. Figure 2.2 Atoms are made up of protons and neutrons located within the nucleus, and electrons surrounding the nucleus.<br>
slide7. Protons define the element<br>
slide8. Figure 2.3 Arranged in columns and rows based on the characteristics of the elements, the periodic table provides key information about the elements and how they might interact with each other to form molecules. Most periodic tables provide a key or legend to the information they contain.<br>
slide9. Figure 2.4 The age of remains that contain carbon and are less than about 50,000 years old, such as this pygmy mammoth, can be determined using carbon dating. (credit: Bill Faulkner/ NPS)<br>
slide10. Whatever is living takes in C. A tiny proportion is always C14. The ratio of C12 to C14 shifts over time. Half-life of 5700 years.
You are what you eat.
Dead things don’t eat, therefore the clocks start ticking.<br>
slide11. CONCEPT IN ACTION VIDEO http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/isotopes-and-atomic-mass
To learn more about atoms and isotopes, and how you can tell one isotope from another, visit the site (link above) and run the simulation.<br>
slide12. Orbitals and Bonding<br>
slide13. Figure 2.5 Elements tend to fill their outermost shells with electrons. To do this, they can either donate or accept electrons from other elements.<br>
slide14. Ionic bond – giving or taking electrons to fill outer shells
This giving and taking of electrons results in a charge on the element and the charge differential creates attraction.
Know NaCl as the example<br>
slide15. A covalent bond is a sharing of a pair of elements to fill their outer shells.
Electrons can be shared equally when the atoms are identical (O-O, C-C), and also in the C-H bond. This is a nonpolar covalent bond. Equal sharing creates a nonpolar bond.
Electrons can be shared unequally, as is the case with H-O-H (water), and this is a polar covalent bond.<br>
slide16. Figure 2.6 The water molecule (left) depicts a polar bond with a slightly positive charge on the hydrogen atoms and a slightly negative charge on the oxygen. Examples of nonpolar bonds include methane (middle) and oxygen (right).<br>
slide17. Oxygen Oxygen exerts a powerful pull on electrons, hence the unequal sharing of electrons.
This property makes it both essential and deadly. Essential in cellular respiration as you will learn later – to create ATP to sustain order and life. But deadly in its destruction of key molecules.
Skin test – collagen. Oxygen and aging.
Dog with a cloudy eye.
Beauty products are antioxidants – vitamins, drinks etc.
(Catalase Lab) – link to products catalase pseudoscience link<br>
slide18. Figure 2.7 Hydrogen bonds form between slightly positive (δ+) and slightly negative (δ–) charges of polar covalent molecules, such as water.<br>
slide19. The partial charges across a polar bond give rise to hydrogen bonding which gives water its peculiar properties, like adhesion, cohesion.<br>
slide20. Hydrophilic
Hydrophobic
Lipids are defined by being hydrophobic.
Lipids are hydrocarbons made up of nonpolar covalent bonds.
Hence, oil and water do not mix.<br>
slide21. Figure 2.8 As this macroscopic image of oil and water show, oil is a nonpolar compound and, hence, will not dissolve in water. Oil and water do not mix. (credit: Gautam Dogra)<br>
slide22. Figure 2.9 (a) The lattice structure of ice makes it less dense than the freely flowing molecules of liquid water. Ice’s lower density enables it to (b) float on water. (credit a: modification of work by Jane Whitney; credit b: modification of work by Carlos Ponte)<br>
slide23. Water Water is the strangest substance. You can’t name another in which the solid floats on the liquid, that has a surface tension, and that dramatically shapes climate and life on earth.
Water is most dense at 4 degrees C.
Releases energy (and heat) and molecules move apart upon freezing.
Problem – plants on a balcony.<br>
slide24. CONCEPT IN ACTION http://www.janewhitney.com/Ice_Movie_Resources/ice_movie.mov
Video error
View the 3-D animation of the structure of an ice lattice. (credit: image created by Jane Whitney using Visual Molecular Dynamics (VMD) software1)<br>
slide25. Figure 2.10 When table salt (NaCl) is mixed in water, spheres of hydration form around the ions.<br>
slide26. Water Life is mostly water and all charged and partially charged molecules are soluble in water.
Since water has positive and negative charges it can create a shell of water around charged entities.
That is water happens when you put salt in water – it disappears and is said to be soluble.
This will be an important point when we discuss osmosis.
Would there be a limit to how much salt you could dissolve in water – why or why not?<br>
slide27. Can you explain why water does not act as a solvent for fats?<br>
slide28. Figure 2.11 The weight of a needle on top of water pulls the surface tension downward; at the same time, the surface tension of the water is pulling it up, suspending the needle on the surface of the water and keeping it from sinking. Notice the indentation in the water around the needle. (credit: Cory Zanker)<br>
slide29. Trillions of weak hydrogen bonds gives structure to water.
This allows a needle to float, pulls water from roots to a treetop, makes water hard to heat and slow to cool.
What is temperature and what does temperature measure?
Why is water hard to heat compared to other substances?
Why is Victoria’s climate better than Edmonton’s?
How specifically does sweating cool you?<br>
slide30. Figure 2.12 The pH scale measures the amount of hydrogen ions (H+) in a substance. (credit: modification of work by Edward Stevens)<br>
slide31. pH Normal blood pH is 7.38.
Changes +/- 0.5 pH would be fatal.
Homeostatic mechanisms, including respiration rate and buffers, keep pH in a tolerable range.
The pH scale is orders of magnitude – like the Richter scale.
Acids add H+ (protons); bases add OH-.
Buffers can add or eliminate H+ to stabilize pH.
Bicarbonate equation here (double arrows)<br>
slide32. Figure 2.13 Carbon can form four covalent bonds to create an organic molecule. The simplest carbon molecule is methane (CH4), depicted here.<br>
slide33. Carbon All life is carbon-based.
Carbon is fundamental because of the vast variety of shapes that the molecules made from it can assume.<br>
slide34. Biological molecules All life is made of these 4 categories of molecules:
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Lipids
Nucleic Acids
All fulfill similar functions in all organisms.<br>
slide35. Figure 2.14 These examples show three molecules (found in living organisms) that contain carbon atoms bonded in various ways to other carbon atoms and the atoms of other elements.
This molecule of stearic acid has a long chain of carbon atoms.
Glycine, a component of proteins, contains carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen atoms.
Glucose, a sugar, has a ring of carbon atoms and one oxygen atom.<br>
slide36. Carbohydrates Built on the (CH2O)n formula.
C6H12O6
They function as energy sources.
They also have structural functions, play a role in cellular identification (blood type).<br>
slide37. Figure 2.15 Glucose, galactose, and fructose are isomeric monosaccharides, meaning that they have the same chemical formula but slightly different structures.<br>
slide38. Sugars are soluble because they are more than hydrocarbons – the OH groups make for partial charges.
Which has more calories per gram? Frosted Flakes or Special K?<br>
slide39. Disaccharides Sucrose and lactose are common disaccharides.
(Lactase, lactose, lactose intolerance)<br>
slide40. Figure 2.16 Although their structures and functions differ, all polysaccharide carbohydrates are made up of monosaccharides and have the chemical formula (CH2O)n.<br>
slide41. Starch vs. Cellulose
(enzymes, termites, why can’t we eat cellulose for energy?)<br>
slide42. Figure 2.17 Hydrophobic lipids in the fur of aquatic mammals, such as this river otter, protect them from the elements. (credit: Ken Bosma)<br>
slide43. Lipids Diverse non-polymeric molecules common feature is being hydrophobic – fats, earwax, steroid hormones…<br>
slide44. Figure 2.18 Lipids include fats, such as triglycerides, which are made up of fatty acids and glycerol, phospholipids, and steroids.<br>
slide45. Why are there more calories in fats than proteins or carbohydrates?
Saturated and unsaturated fats and behaviour at RT.
Hydrogenation of vegetable oils in processed foods.<br>
slide47. Phospholipids This shape is crucial in their functioning in cell membrane bilayers.<br>
slide48. Figure 2.19 During the hydrogenation process, the orientation around the double bonds is changed, making a trans-fat from a cis-fat. This changes the chemical properties of the molecule.<br>
slide49. Trans fats – we don’t have the enzyme machinery to break them down.<br>
slide50. CONCEPT IN ACTION https://www.wisc-online.com/learn/natural-science/life-science/ap13204/biomolecules--the-lipids
For an additional perspective on lipids, explore “Biomolecules: The Lipids” through the interactive animation (link above).<br>
slide51. Proteins You are expected to know the basic structure of an amino acid.<br>
slide52. Proteins Proteins have the most diverse range of functions, in part from their being 20 different amino acids as building blocks and the diversity of shapes such polymers can assume.<br>
slide53. Figure 2.20 Amino acids are made up of a central carbon bonded to an amino group (–NH2), a carboxyl group (–COOH), and a hydrogen atom. The central carbon’s fourth bond varies among the different amino acids, as seen in these examples of alanine, valine, lysine, and aspartic acid.<br>
slide54. Protein functions Transport
Enzymes
Structural
Energy storage
Immunoglobulin
Etc.<br>
slide55. Figure 2.21 The four levels of protein structure can be observed in these illustrations. (credit: modification of work by National Human Genome Research Institute)<br>
slide56. Sickle cell anemia as an example of mutation effecting protein structure and function.<br>
slide57. Temp, pH – why are they closely regulated?
Protein tertiary structure is fragile.
Environmental induced protein shape changes is called denaturation and is irreversible.<br>
slide58. Gene protein connection Genes code for the primary sequence of proteins.
Mutations introduce alternative amino acids that disrupt tertiary structure and function.<br>
slide59. CONCEPT IN ACTION https://www.wisc-online.com/learn/natural-science/life-science/ap13304/biomolecules--the-proteins
For an additional perspective on proteins, explore “Biomolecules: The Proteins” through the interactive animation (link above).<br>
slide60. Nucleic acids DNA nucleotides – A,T,G & C
Nucleotides have 3 components
All cells use DNA as the genetic material (with the same genetic code)
RNA acts as messenger for the reading of genes and their translation into amino acid entities.
RNA nucleotides – A, U, G & C<br>
slide61. Figure 2.22 A nucleotide is made up of three components: a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar, and a phosphate group.<br>
slide62. Figure 2.23 The double-helix model shows DNA as two parallel strands of intertwining molecules. (credit: Jerome Walker, Dennis Myts)<br>
slide63. LTS activity http://outreach.letstalkscience.ca/component/zoo/item/diy-activities.html?Itemid=652<br>
Chemistry of Life<br>
slide2. Figure 2.1 Foods such as bread, fruit, and cheese are rich sources of biological macromolecules. (credit: modification of work by Bengt Nyman)<br>
slide3. Students are often surprised that we need to go down to the atomic level in this Biology course. Organisms depend on the properties of molecules and the shape of those molecules and the property and shape depends on the nature of the atoms and the way that they are bonded.
There are a few specific aspects of atoms and bonds that you will need to be familiar with. These concepts will come up again when we talk of enzymes, genes, nutrition, etc.<br>
slide4. Figure 2.2 Atoms are made up of protons and neutrons located within the nucleus, and electrons surrounding the nucleus.<br>
slide7. Protons define the element<br>
slide8. Figure 2.3 Arranged in columns and rows based on the characteristics of the elements, the periodic table provides key information about the elements and how they might interact with each other to form molecules. Most periodic tables provide a key or legend to the information they contain.<br>
slide9. Figure 2.4 The age of remains that contain carbon and are less than about 50,000 years old, such as this pygmy mammoth, can be determined using carbon dating. (credit: Bill Faulkner/ NPS)<br>
slide10. Whatever is living takes in C. A tiny proportion is always C14. The ratio of C12 to C14 shifts over time. Half-life of 5700 years.
You are what you eat.
Dead things don’t eat, therefore the clocks start ticking.<br>
slide11. CONCEPT IN ACTION VIDEO http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/isotopes-and-atomic-mass
To learn more about atoms and isotopes, and how you can tell one isotope from another, visit the site (link above) and run the simulation.<br>
slide12. Orbitals and Bonding<br>
slide13. Figure 2.5 Elements tend to fill their outermost shells with electrons. To do this, they can either donate or accept electrons from other elements.<br>
slide14. Ionic bond – giving or taking electrons to fill outer shells
This giving and taking of electrons results in a charge on the element and the charge differential creates attraction.
Know NaCl as the example<br>
slide15. A covalent bond is a sharing of a pair of elements to fill their outer shells.
Electrons can be shared equally when the atoms are identical (O-O, C-C), and also in the C-H bond. This is a nonpolar covalent bond. Equal sharing creates a nonpolar bond.
Electrons can be shared unequally, as is the case with H-O-H (water), and this is a polar covalent bond.<br>
slide16. Figure 2.6 The water molecule (left) depicts a polar bond with a slightly positive charge on the hydrogen atoms and a slightly negative charge on the oxygen. Examples of nonpolar bonds include methane (middle) and oxygen (right).<br>
slide17. Oxygen Oxygen exerts a powerful pull on electrons, hence the unequal sharing of electrons.
This property makes it both essential and deadly. Essential in cellular respiration as you will learn later – to create ATP to sustain order and life. But deadly in its destruction of key molecules.
Skin test – collagen. Oxygen and aging.
Dog with a cloudy eye.
Beauty products are antioxidants – vitamins, drinks etc.
(Catalase Lab) – link to products catalase pseudoscience link<br>
slide18. Figure 2.7 Hydrogen bonds form between slightly positive (δ+) and slightly negative (δ–) charges of polar covalent molecules, such as water.<br>
slide19. The partial charges across a polar bond give rise to hydrogen bonding which gives water its peculiar properties, like adhesion, cohesion.<br>
slide20. Hydrophilic
Hydrophobic
Lipids are defined by being hydrophobic.
Lipids are hydrocarbons made up of nonpolar covalent bonds.
Hence, oil and water do not mix.<br>
slide21. Figure 2.8 As this macroscopic image of oil and water show, oil is a nonpolar compound and, hence, will not dissolve in water. Oil and water do not mix. (credit: Gautam Dogra)<br>
slide22. Figure 2.9 (a) The lattice structure of ice makes it less dense than the freely flowing molecules of liquid water. Ice’s lower density enables it to (b) float on water. (credit a: modification of work by Jane Whitney; credit b: modification of work by Carlos Ponte)<br>
slide23. Water Water is the strangest substance. You can’t name another in which the solid floats on the liquid, that has a surface tension, and that dramatically shapes climate and life on earth.
Water is most dense at 4 degrees C.
Releases energy (and heat) and molecules move apart upon freezing.
Problem – plants on a balcony.<br>
slide24. CONCEPT IN ACTION http://www.janewhitney.com/Ice_Movie_Resources/ice_movie.mov
Video error
View the 3-D animation of the structure of an ice lattice. (credit: image created by Jane Whitney using Visual Molecular Dynamics (VMD) software1)<br>
slide25. Figure 2.10 When table salt (NaCl) is mixed in water, spheres of hydration form around the ions.<br>
slide26. Water Life is mostly water and all charged and partially charged molecules are soluble in water.
Since water has positive and negative charges it can create a shell of water around charged entities.
That is water happens when you put salt in water – it disappears and is said to be soluble.
This will be an important point when we discuss osmosis.
Would there be a limit to how much salt you could dissolve in water – why or why not?<br>
slide27. Can you explain why water does not act as a solvent for fats?<br>
slide28. Figure 2.11 The weight of a needle on top of water pulls the surface tension downward; at the same time, the surface tension of the water is pulling it up, suspending the needle on the surface of the water and keeping it from sinking. Notice the indentation in the water around the needle. (credit: Cory Zanker)<br>
slide29. Trillions of weak hydrogen bonds gives structure to water.
This allows a needle to float, pulls water from roots to a treetop, makes water hard to heat and slow to cool.
What is temperature and what does temperature measure?
Why is water hard to heat compared to other substances?
Why is Victoria’s climate better than Edmonton’s?
How specifically does sweating cool you?<br>
slide30. Figure 2.12 The pH scale measures the amount of hydrogen ions (H+) in a substance. (credit: modification of work by Edward Stevens)<br>
slide31. pH Normal blood pH is 7.38.
Changes +/- 0.5 pH would be fatal.
Homeostatic mechanisms, including respiration rate and buffers, keep pH in a tolerable range.
The pH scale is orders of magnitude – like the Richter scale.
Acids add H+ (protons); bases add OH-.
Buffers can add or eliminate H+ to stabilize pH.
Bicarbonate equation here (double arrows)<br>
slide32. Figure 2.13 Carbon can form four covalent bonds to create an organic molecule. The simplest carbon molecule is methane (CH4), depicted here.<br>
slide33. Carbon All life is carbon-based.
Carbon is fundamental because of the vast variety of shapes that the molecules made from it can assume.<br>
slide34. Biological molecules All life is made of these 4 categories of molecules:
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Lipids
Nucleic Acids
All fulfill similar functions in all organisms.<br>
slide35. Figure 2.14 These examples show three molecules (found in living organisms) that contain carbon atoms bonded in various ways to other carbon atoms and the atoms of other elements.
This molecule of stearic acid has a long chain of carbon atoms.
Glycine, a component of proteins, contains carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen atoms.
Glucose, a sugar, has a ring of carbon atoms and one oxygen atom.<br>
slide36. Carbohydrates Built on the (CH2O)n formula.
C6H12O6
They function as energy sources.
They also have structural functions, play a role in cellular identification (blood type).<br>
slide37. Figure 2.15 Glucose, galactose, and fructose are isomeric monosaccharides, meaning that they have the same chemical formula but slightly different structures.<br>
slide38. Sugars are soluble because they are more than hydrocarbons – the OH groups make for partial charges.
Which has more calories per gram? Frosted Flakes or Special K?<br>
slide39. Disaccharides Sucrose and lactose are common disaccharides.
(Lactase, lactose, lactose intolerance)<br>
slide40. Figure 2.16 Although their structures and functions differ, all polysaccharide carbohydrates are made up of monosaccharides and have the chemical formula (CH2O)n.<br>
slide41. Starch vs. Cellulose
(enzymes, termites, why can’t we eat cellulose for energy?)<br>
slide42. Figure 2.17 Hydrophobic lipids in the fur of aquatic mammals, such as this river otter, protect them from the elements. (credit: Ken Bosma)<br>
slide43. Lipids Diverse non-polymeric molecules common feature is being hydrophobic – fats, earwax, steroid hormones…<br>
slide44. Figure 2.18 Lipids include fats, such as triglycerides, which are made up of fatty acids and glycerol, phospholipids, and steroids.<br>
slide45. Why are there more calories in fats than proteins or carbohydrates?
Saturated and unsaturated fats and behaviour at RT.
Hydrogenation of vegetable oils in processed foods.<br>
slide47. Phospholipids This shape is crucial in their functioning in cell membrane bilayers.<br>
slide48. Figure 2.19 During the hydrogenation process, the orientation around the double bonds is changed, making a trans-fat from a cis-fat. This changes the chemical properties of the molecule.<br>
slide49. Trans fats – we don’t have the enzyme machinery to break them down.<br>
slide50. CONCEPT IN ACTION https://www.wisc-online.com/learn/natural-science/life-science/ap13204/biomolecules--the-lipids
For an additional perspective on lipids, explore “Biomolecules: The Lipids” through the interactive animation (link above).<br>
slide51. Proteins You are expected to know the basic structure of an amino acid.<br>
slide52. Proteins Proteins have the most diverse range of functions, in part from their being 20 different amino acids as building blocks and the diversity of shapes such polymers can assume.<br>
slide53. Figure 2.20 Amino acids are made up of a central carbon bonded to an amino group (–NH2), a carboxyl group (–COOH), and a hydrogen atom. The central carbon’s fourth bond varies among the different amino acids, as seen in these examples of alanine, valine, lysine, and aspartic acid.<br>
slide54. Protein functions Transport
Enzymes
Structural
Energy storage
Immunoglobulin
Etc.<br>
slide55. Figure 2.21 The four levels of protein structure can be observed in these illustrations. (credit: modification of work by National Human Genome Research Institute)<br>
slide56. Sickle cell anemia as an example of mutation effecting protein structure and function.<br>
slide57. Temp, pH – why are they closely regulated?
Protein tertiary structure is fragile.
Environmental induced protein shape changes is called denaturation and is irreversible.<br>
slide58. Gene protein connection Genes code for the primary sequence of proteins.
Mutations introduce alternative amino acids that disrupt tertiary structure and function.<br>
slide59. CONCEPT IN ACTION https://www.wisc-online.com/learn/natural-science/life-science/ap13304/biomolecules--the-proteins
For an additional perspective on proteins, explore “Biomolecules: The Proteins” through the interactive animation (link above).<br>
slide60. Nucleic acids DNA nucleotides – A,T,G & C
Nucleotides have 3 components
All cells use DNA as the genetic material (with the same genetic code)
RNA acts as messenger for the reading of genes and their translation into amino acid entities.
RNA nucleotides – A, U, G & C<br>
slide61. Figure 2.22 A nucleotide is made up of three components: a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar, and a phosphate group.<br>
slide62. Figure 2.23 The double-helix model shows DNA as two parallel strands of intertwining molecules. (credit: Jerome Walker, Dennis Myts)<br>
slide63. LTS activity http://outreach.letstalkscience.ca/component/zoo/item/diy-activities.html?Itemid=652<br>