Organic Molecules
A non-polar molecule composed of carbon and hydrogen
hydrocarbon
The use of carbohydrates in the body
energy storage
The use of lipids in the body
energy storage (long term)
The use of nucleic acid in the body
encoding hereditary information
Use of proteins in the body
catalysis and structure/support
hydroxyl
monomer for carbohydrates
glucose/monosaccarides
hydrocarbon with double bonds
Unsaturated lipids
the formal name for DNA
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
monomers for proteins
amino acids
Release of water in the formation of a bond
Dehydration reaction
long chains of saccharides without branching that are the most abundant molecule on earth
Cellulose
the bond formed between glycogen and fatty acids
ester
What is the pairing of nucleic acid bases
Adenine - Thymine
Cytosine - Guanine
how many amino acids are there
20
The reaction that joins to molecules
anabolic reactions
the bond formed from a condensation reaction between two saccharides
glycosidic bond
components of a lipid
glycerol and fatty acids or glycerides
codes for proteins
mRNA
the bond between amino acids in a protein
peptide bond
orange fruit with the highest vitamin C
orange bell peppers
branched-chain of glucose in the body
glycogen
Lipids found in the cell membrane
phospholipid
the bond linking nucleotides
phosphodiester
alpha-helix and beta-sheets
secondary structure