Exam 1 questions Flashcards

How many moles of NaOH are required to titrate 0.1 mol of acetic acid (pKa = 4.76) to its equivalence point?

Which of the following defines the polar functional groups present in this amino-acid structure?

Which of the following is a pyrimidine nucleotide component of RNA?

Two reactions are coupled, both in the forward direction.

One has ΔG°' = -25 kJ mol^-1 and the other has ΔG°' = 15 kJ mol^-1.

What is the net ΔG°' for the coupled process?

Which statement best describes how water can participate in a buffer system?

All of the following statements regarding DNA sequencing are correct, EXCEPT:

A) DNA sequencing by dideoxy chain termination exploits the chemistry of DNA replication in living cells.

B)The products with an incorporated ddNTP are detected by fluorescence.

C) DNA polymerase will not catalyze nucleotide addition in the absence of an annealed primer.

D) The sequence of a DNA sample is deduced from the different fluorescent colors of the 5' phosphate on each primer strand.

E) Chain termination operates as a random process: not every polymerization step incorporates a ddNTP.

What causes the hydrophobic effect in aqueous solutions?

Why do ice and liquid water have different densities?

Which element is central to organic molecules due to its ability to form four covalent bonds?

The second law of thermodynamics states:

Consider the pair of restriction enzymes below and their products of restriction digestion.

Which of the following statements is correct?

What is the equilibrium constant (K_eq) for a reaction with the following parameters?

ΔG°' = -5.7 kJ mol^-1

T = 25°C

For a biochemical reaction at 37°C, if the equilibrium constant (K_eq) is 50, what is the ΔG°' for the reaction?

All of the following are physical properties of water, EXCEPT:

A) Excellent solvent properties

B) High heat capacity

C) Less dense as a liquid

D) High boiling point

E) Cohesion and adhesion

What is the ΔG (Gibbs free energy) for a reaction with the following parameters?

ΔH = -40 kJ mol^-1

ΔS = -0.1 kJ mol^-1 K^-1

T = 298 K

What type of bond is formed between the phosphate group of one nucleotide and the hydroxyl group of the sugar in another nucleotide?

Which nucleotide is the primary source of energy transfer reactions in cells?

Which of the following statements describes DNA synthesis?

Which type of bond is most commonly involved in maintaining the three-dimensional structure of nucleic acids?

Which of the following describes an amide bond?

Which of the following best describes an endergonic reaction?

A) It releases free energy

B) It occurs spontaneously

C) It has a ΔG < 0

D) It involves the transfer of electrons

E) It requires an input of energy to proceed

A newly sequenced genome consists of 31% thymine. Using Chargaff's rules for base pairing, what must be the GC content for this genome?

Which functional group is present in alcohols and is responsible for their hydrophilic properties?

Given the following parameters, what is the pH of the buffer solution?

0.2 M acetic acid

0.2 M acetate.

pKa of acetic acid is 4.76

Which of the following scientists below recognized the helical structure of DNA based on X-ray diffraction images?

Which buffer would be most effective at maintaining a pH of 7.4 if you have access to acetic acid (pKa = 4.76) and phosphoric acid (pKa = 7.2)?

What differentiates a nucleoside from a nucleotide?

Which of the following statements describes the structure of DNA?

A) Nature chose to replace the 2' OH with H for stability, but it could have been the 3' hydroxyl replaced with H, instead.

B) A 2' hydride and a methylated version of adenine's base-pair partner allow for greater stability of this storage form of nucleic acids.

C) The nucleotides from one strand are linked to the nucleotides of the other strand through phosphodiester bonds.

D) The hydrogen bonds in GC are shorter than in AT.

E) The enol tautomer and anti-conformation predominate in the double helix at pH 7.

Which of the following makes “palindromic,” double-stranded DNA?

A) GATATC

B) TAGGTA

C) CATGTG

D) TTGGAA

E) GACCTC

Which functional group serves as a hydrogen bond donor from adenine, when it is part of a base pair?

Which nucleotide contains a ribose sugar and adenine base?

Which of the following statements about entropy is true?

A) ΔS = 0 at 0 °C

B) Biological polymers have more entropy than their inorganic precursors.

C) Ice has a more positive entropy than liquid water.

D) A reaction with a negative entropy is endergonic.

E) Dialysis is driven by entropy.

All of the following are common nitrogenous base found in nucleotides, EXCEPT:

A) Cytosine

B) Adenine

C) Thymine

D) Uracil

E) Guanosine

Water molecules participate in hydrogen bonding with the following functional groups, EXCEPT:

A) amino groups

B) methylene groups

C) carboxyl groups

D) hydroxyl groups

E) All of these form hydrogen bonds with water

The standard free energy change (ΔG°') for the hydrolysis of ATP to ADP and P_i is -30.5 kJ/mol.

If 1 mole of ATP is hydrolyzed, what is the overall change in free energy?

Using the convention for writing nucleic acid sequences, what is the sequence of DNA complementary to the sequence, below?

AGATCGGTATCAGGT

What is the correct name for the structure below?

Thymine contains which functional group that participates as a hydrogen bond acceptor in DNA?

Given the parameters for the reaction below, solve for Q.

2E + F --> G

T = 37^oC

ΔG°’ = 4.3 kJ mol^-1

ΔG' = 23 kJ mol^-1

Which of the following is true regarding the ionization of water?

All of the following are considered one of the four major classes of biomolecules, EXCEPT:

A) lipids

B) carbohydrates

C) nucleic acids

D) amino acids

E) proteins

After chain termination, the sequencing products are separated by gel electrophoresis based on_____,

via migration from the______electrode to the______electrode.

Given a reaction with ΔG' = 15 kJ mol^-1, what can be said about the reaction?

In an exergonic reaction, the Gibbs free energy (ΔG) is

A buffer contains 0.1 M lactic acid (pKa = 3.86) and 0.05 M sodium lactate. What is the pH of the buffer?

What is the primary function of a restriction enzyme in DNA analysis?

Identify the functional group(s), in the following chemical structures, that contribute to buffering capacity:

R-COOH
R-COO−

What type of ends do some restriction enzymes generate after cutting DNA?

Which property of water allows it to dissolve a wide variety of solutes?

Due to 2, consecutive hydroxyls on the carbon backbone (vicinal diol), ______ is vulnerable to hydrolysis,

compared to its counterpart in DNA, ______, which has one of the vicinal hydroxyls removed.

The synthetically-designed ______ has both vicinal hydroxyls removed, resulting in chain termination, during DNA polymerization.