Inorganic Compounds
A polar molecule that is the most abundant in our bodies
What is water?
Derived from the Greek word meaning sugar?
What’s a saccharide?
Has a polar head with a non-polar tail. Makes up the plasma membrane of a cell.
What’s a phospholipi?
The monomer of a protein.
What’s an amino acid?
The 5 nitrogenous bases.
What’s adenine, guanine, thymine, cytosine and uracil?
Separate into cations and anions when in water
What are electrolyte (salts)?
Meaning 1 sugar
What’s a monosaccharid?
It’s composed of three fatty acid chains and one glycerol
What’s a triglyceride made up of?
The kind of bond monomers make to make a protein
What’s a peptide bond?
Stores the blueprint of life and is passed on (hereditary) to the daughter cells.
What’s DNA?
A proton donor, a proton acceptor in that order
What’s an acid? What’s a base?
Long chains of sugars
What’s a polysaccharide?
An important steroid used to maintain the stability of the membrane.
What’s cholesterol?
An example of this level of structure is beta folded sheets.
What’s secondary structure?
It directly powers chemical reactions in cells.
What’s ATP?
Has a high pH
What’s an acid?
Meaning a few sugars
What’s an oligosaccharides?
It’s what makes the head polar
What’s a phosphate group?
When proteins unfold and loose their 3D shape.
What’s denaturation?
Holds two strands of genetic material together
What are hydrogen bonds?
It converts strong acids and bases into weak ones
What’s a buffer?
The kind of bond is formed between sugars
What‘s a glycosidic bond?
It is derived from a fatty acid.
What are eicosanoids?
Besides the alpha carbon and the r group, the monomer also possesses these two things.
What’s an amine group and an acid group?
A sugar has an additional hydroxyl group (-OH) compared to its counterpar.
What’s ribose?