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A Pocket With A Good Shape

a: Active site ~
b: little pocket of amino acids

What: "The active site is like a little pocket of amino acids that is, since enzymes are highly specific, a lock-key mechanism which allows for the substrate to be added onto the enzyme."

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Writer: Misho Borissov
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Apr 30 2013 10:17 AM


Some Functional Groups.....

a: Aldehyde ~
b: Amide but he's got no Nitrogen

What: "Amide is alright he's got something. Amine dropped. You see Amide double bonded an oxygen on top. Aldehyde is like Amide but he's got no Nitrogen. Instead, he says OCH cause there is a hyrogen. There is a hydrogen. There is a hydrogen. Aldehyde is O=C-H there is a hydrogen." A video that helps you memorize functional groups.

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Writer: HavJulia
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Date: Jul 15 2013 6:21 PM


A Staging Area For Gasoline

a: Carburetor barrel ~
b: a tube or pipe

What: "A carburetor barrel is like a tube or pipe that holds the air inside before the fuel is mixed with it. The air is in the "barrel", while the gasoline is in a small container nearby."

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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Oct 1 2013 6:15 PM



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