BIOCHEMISTRY JEOPARDY

Nucleic
Acids

Carbohydrates

Lipids

Proteins

Famous
Biochemists

Potpurri

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This base pairs
with T in DNA
and U in RNA











The copying
of DNA











The sugar
in RNA











This enzyme
is involved in transcription











Triplets of bases
found on mRNA











This bond links
one nucleotide
to the next










The epimer
of glucose











 
The saccharide
produced upon the
hydrolysis of maltose












The polysaccharide that is beta linked











The type of bond
that links
together a disaccharide











The common disaccharide
that is nonreducing











These two sugars
compose lactose











The triol
produced upon
saponifaction
of a triglyceride











The starting material
of all steroid hormones











PGE2
is an example
of one of these lipids











Unsaturated
fatty acids
contain this
functional group
that saturated fatty
acids lack











A
water - insoluble
vitamin











The breakdown
of the
myelin sheath is a
symptom of
this disease










- N - C - C - N - C - C - N - C - C -
 









 

 


These proteins
are biological catalysts











Secondary
protein structure
arises from
hydrogen bonding
along this











Amino acids
in the
zwitterion form
have this charge











This bond links
one amino acid
to the next











- CH2OH
is classified
as this
type of R group










This pair
deduced
the structure
of the double helix










She
was an
x-ray crystallographer
of DNA crystals











He broke
the genetic gode
starting with
UUU = phe











He
first described
the alpha-helix
structure in proteins











The
discoverer
of
penicllin











She won the 1963 Nobel Prize in chemisrty for
her work with X-ray crystallography
that led to the discovery
of the structure of penicillin and vitamin B-12










Non - superimposable
mirror images











The carrier of
amino acids
to the ribosome










This type of
structure involves
the amino acid sequence











Norenthidrone











A
retrovirus
contains
this






















This Jeopardy Board was designed for use in CHEM 102.
James P. Deavor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
DeavorJ@ashley.cofc.edu