Sample Chapter Outline/Study Guide

BIOL 2120

Dr. Plopper

Chapter Title: The Macromolecules of the Cell (Chapter 3)

Based on reading the title alone, what do you expect the chapter to discuss?

Lists of structures, lots of emphasis on building large molecules from small molecules, structural diagrams, plenty of memorization, possibly tables to help compare different macromolecules to each other

Identify the following items in the chapter:

Primary Subjects (bold, purple titles underlined with small graphic)

Secondary Subjects (bold, purple, declarative statements)

Tertiary Subjects (bold, black text at the beginning of paragraphs)

Keywords (bold text in paragraphs)

Figures and Tables: The legend for each has a title, remember it.

Outline the chapter as follows, showing the relationship between the subjects and the artwork. This is a sample outline of the first major section of Chapter 3:

1°: Proteins

2°: The momomers are amino acids

Table 3-1, 3-2

Figures 3-1, 3-2

Keywords: amino acids

2°: The polymers are polypeptides and proteins

Figures 3-3, 3-4

Keywords: peptide bond, amino terminus, carboxyl terminus, monomeric proteins, multimeric proteins

2°: Several kinds of bonds and interactions are important in protein folding and stability

Keywords: conformation, disulfide bond, noncovalent bonds and interactions

Figure 3-5

3°: Hydrogen bonds

3°: Ionic bonds

3°: Van der Waals interactions

3°: Hydrophobic interactions

2°: Protein structure depends on amino acid sequence and interactions

Table 3-3

Figure 3-6

3°: Primary structure

Figure 3-7

3°: Secondary structure

Figure 3-8

Keywords: a helix, b sheet, motifs

3°: Tertiary structure

Figures 3-9 to 3-12

Keywords: native conformation, fibrous proteins, globular proteins, domain

3°: Quaternary structure

Figures 3-4, 3-6

Keyword: Multiprotein complex