Contains a long chain of repeating molecules.
What is a Polymer?
Proteins´multiple levels of structure.
What are primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary proteins?
The are two general types of polymerization reactions
What are addition and condensation polymerization?
The group that makes each amino acid different.
What is the R group?
The total number of aminoacids
Which are the characteristics of addition polymers?
The ratio of the elements that make up carbohydrates
What is C1H2O1?
The bond that joins two amino acids through a dehydration synthesis reaction.
What is a peptide bond?
This type of lipid is liquid at room temperature.
What is an oil or unsaturated fat?
When bifunctional monomers form a long chain polymer and water is eliminated during the reaction.
Which are the charcteristics of condensation polymers?
A characteristic all lipids have in common
What are hydrofobic molecules?
The type of linkage that bonds monosaccharides
What is a glycosidic bond?