Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry Flashcards

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Water is a good solvent for polar and charged substances such as
Amino acids and peptidesSmall AlcoholsCarbohydrates
Water is a poor solvent for nonpolar substances such as
Nonpolar gasesaromatic moietiesaliphatic chains
Entropy ______ as crystalline substances dissolve
Increases
Water near a hydrophobic solute is highly ordered and thus has a
Low entropy
Low entropy is thermodynamically unfavorable and thus hydrophobic salts have
Low solubility
Bulk water has high entropy and thus
Low order
Hydrophobic molecules cluster together in micelles in order to lower the ______ ____ to increase entropy
Hydrophobic surface area exposed to water
The Hydrophobic effect is one of the main factors involved behind:
Protein foldingProtein-Protein associationFormation of Lipid MicellesBinding of steroid hormones to their receptors
The hydrophobic effect does/does not arise due to direct attractive force between the two nonpolar molecules
Does NOT arise due to direct attractive force. The two nonpolar molecules only come together to increase entropy by lowering the exposed surface area to the water.
Definition of Ionic Interactions.What type of interaction is it?
Electrostatic interactions between permanently charged species, or between the ion and a permanent dipole.It is a noncovalent interaction
Definition of Van Der Waals forces
Weak interactions between ALL atoms, regardless of polarity. Composed of an attractive (dispersion) and repulsive (steric) component.
Definition of Dipole interactions
Electrostatic interactions between uncharged, but polar molecules. Hydrogen bonds are a special type of Dipole interaction
Hydrogen bonds are a special type of ______
Dipole interactions
Attraction forces in Van Der Waals dominates at _____ distance while repulsion dominates at _____ distances
Attraction dominates at long distances while repulsion dominates at short distances
Describe the hydrophobic effect
Complex phenomenon associated with the ordering of water molecules around non-polar substances