Explain the process of the word.
dehydration reaction
links two monomers together by removing a molecule of water
What is the definition of a Macromolecule?
are polymers made by stringing together many monomers.
___________ means a chemical bond formed between two amino acid molecules.
Peptide bond
List an example of biolmolcules.
Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids are examples.
Monomers are nucleotides, Nucleotides are made of a 5-carbon sugar, nitrogen, and one or more phosphate groups.
Nucleic Acid Structure
hydrolysis
breaks down a polymer into a monomer by adding water.
What is the definition of Fatty Acid?
Any of nummerous acids that only contain certain elements and occur naturally in fats and various oils.
_____________ are large macromolecules formed into monosaccarides which means many sugars.
Polysaccharide
List examples of lipids:
Fats, and oils, Phospholipids, waxes, and steroids.
Hydrocarbon chains are connected by single bonds only.
Saturated Fatty Acids
Monosaccharides
basic building block and they cannot be broken down into smaller sugars.
What is the definition of Ribose in DNA?
The building blocks of the backbone chains in nucleic acids.
_____ is a molecule that is that is in living organisms and viruses.
RNA
Nucleotides: A compound consisting of a nucleoside linked to a phosphate group.
List an example of a nucleotide.
Adenosine, Guanosine, Cytidine, Thymidine (ATCG))
OR
Adenosine, Guanosine, Cytidine, Uridine (AUCG)
have one or more double bonds.
Unsaturated Fatty Acids
Tertiary
the overall three-dimensional arrangement of its polypeptide chain.
What is the definition of glycerol?
a naturally occurring 3-carbon alcohol in the body.
________ is the molecule that carries genetic information.
DNA
List an example of Cellulose in real life.
Cotton, Wool, and silk.
Disaccharides are sugars composed of two monosaccharide units that are joined by a carbon-oxygen-carbon linkage.
Glycosidic Linkage
ATP
is formed from the process of cellular respiration in the mitochondria of a cell. It can either be from aerobic respiration or anaerobic respiration.
What is the definition of a Phosphodiester linkage?
is a chemical bond that forms when exactly two hydroxyl groups, in a phosphoric, react with a hydroxyl group.
___________ joins the acid and alcohol together by an ester bond and creates a water molecule.
Ester linkage
List example(s) of organic molecules.
Lipids, proteins, carbohydrates, and amino acids.
forms a special type of attraction when a hydrogen atom is bonded to a strongly electron-negative atom.
H-Bond (hydrogen bond)