ACS Biochemistry Final
pKa (chapter 3) - SELECTED ANSWER measure of
the tendency of a group to give up a proton (acidity); tendency
decreases tenfold as pKa increases by one unit
thioester bond (1) - SELECTED ANSWER compounds
with functional group C-S-CoA-C (eg, in acetyl-CoA)
zwitterion (3) - SELECTED ANSWER dipolar ion with
both positive and negative groups but overall neutral charge; can
act as either an acid or base
