Small Parts
Are amino acids a monomer or polymer?
Monomer
What sugar molecule is part of every nucleotide?
Ribose
A long string of monosaccharides would make up what structure?
A Polysaccharide
What kind of molecules do peptide bonds connect?
Amino acids
What is a protein formation that stores energy?
β- pleated
What's the smallest part of a carbohydrate?
Monosaccharide
What gives ATP its energy storing properties?
Phosphate groups
What are the 4 major organic molecules?
Proteins, Lipids, Nucleic Acids, and Carbohydrates
When 2 amino acids connect through a peptide bond, what type of reaction is this?
Dehydration synthesis
What are the most common types of secondary structure?
β- pleated and α-helix
What basic structure combines to make nucleic acid?
Nucleotide
What connects the monomers of nucleic acids?
Phosphodiester linkage
A sugar which is found in large amounts in plants is called what?
Cellulose
When ester linkages are broken, what 2 structures are a result?
Glycerol and fatty acids
A secondary protein structure in the form of a coil is known as what?
α-helix
How are nucleic acids connected?
Glycosidic linkage
What structure consists of many amino acids strung together?
Protein
Which 2 large structures are made up of nucleic acids?
DNA and RNA
If an H-bond is a double bond in a fatty acid, what term would you use to describe this?
Unsaturated
The 3D folding of a protein is an example of a primary, secondary, or tertiary structure?
Tertiary
What do 3 amino acids come together to make?
Codon
What is a sugar molecule?
Carbohydrate
Carbohydrates and proteins are considered __________, but lipids are not. What is it?
Macromolecules
What chemical reaction takes place to join carbon atoms in a carbohydrate?
Condensation reaction
If a fatty acid has the maximum number of hydrogen bonds, the fatty acid is what?
Saturated