BIO152H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Hydrogen Cyanide, Chemical Evolution, Activation Energy

• School: UTM
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIO152H5
• Professor: Fiona Rawle

Document Summary

Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. Amino acids vary in structure and function because their slide chains vary in composition. In cells, most proteins are enzymes that function as catalysts. Chemical reactions occur much faster when they are catalyzed by enzymes. During enzyme catalysis, the reactants bind to an enzyme"s active site in a way that allows the reaction to proceed efficiently. Oaprin and haldane"s original ideas have been revised. This self- replicating molecule began to multiply by means of chemical reactions that it controlled. He found that the sample from the mid-ocean had large quantities of hydrogen cyanide and formaldehyde. These compounds are key to chemical evolution because they were required for reactions that lead to the synthesis of more complex organic molecules. If you want, you guys can look at figure 3. 1 . but i think its not important at all ( just explains how the miller guy actually did his experiment)