Biochemistry
Cell unit
Why Study (think Mrs.
Morgan)
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Traits
 Genes give us a PROTEIN that gives us a trait
 Genes located in the Cell
 Cells 1 job  produce a protein gives trait in body
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Traits can be…
 Anatomy (actual organs, hair, cartilage, “parts”)
 Physiology (chemicals that control the anatomy  Proteins!)
 Doctors  biochemists
 Blood test
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How would cancer effect this process?
Common Proteins and their
Empirical Formulas…
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Glucose:
 C6H12O6
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Testosterone
 C19H28O2
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Cholesterol
 C27H45OH
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Serotonin
 C10H1402N2
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Estrogen
 C18H24O2
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Adrenaline
 C8H11O3N
We already learned a lot of
Biochemistry…
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Ecological Cycles
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We are going to focus
on the Carbon and
Energy Cycle  2 cell
processes/reactions
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Respiration
Photosynthesis
Carbon and Oxygen Cycle
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Elements?
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Compounds?
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Molecules?
Reactions??
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Take molecules, rearrange them to get something new!
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Bonds between certain molecules are broken, separate
atoms rearrange and bond to form different molecules
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Sometimes energy is required, other times energy is
produced
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Trick:
 Matter can never be created or destroyed!!
Reactants
Products
Chemical Equation
Squares
Hexagons
Circles
sources
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