Connect to Technology One of the revolutions in molecular biology in the past decade was the use of Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) to make it easier to visually identify specific components inside living cells. GFP can be seen under a microscope because it fluoresces, or glows, when certain types of light shine upon it. Scientists can instruct a cell to link GFP to a specific protein as it is being created and then follow the protein under a microscope. Explain why this might be useful.

hydroxyl -oh

alcohols, always polar, can form hydrogen bonds with h2o molecules

carboxyl -cooh  

cargoxylic acids, has acidic properties which is a source of hydrogen ions, found in cells in ionized for with a charge of oh-1

carbonyl > co

ketone if within skeleton, aldehyde if group is at the end of skeleton, k & a may be structural isomers, it determines 2 sugars (ketose & aldose)

amino -nh2

amines, acts as a base, it can pick up h+ ions from surrounding solution, ionized with charge of 1+

methyl ch2

addition to rna/dna affects and gene expression

phosphate -opo3 ²⁻

organic phosphates, contributes to negative charge to, molecule that it is a part of, and potential to react with h20

sulfhydryl -sh

thiols, cross-linking stabilize the protein, and it is structure

they fuse to form they have half as many chromosomes as a somatic cell of the same individual. b