What is carbon & hydrogen atoms linked by nonpolar covalent bonds
100
monomer?
What is amino acids
100
monomer & types
What is nucleotide- A, T, C, G or (RNA) A,G,U,T
100
how are monomers linked
What is a dehydration reaction
200
Examples?
What is sugars, glucose & fructose
200
What is fat made of?
What is a large lipid made of glycerol and fatty acids
200
example?
What is enzyme
200
Definition of a Gene
What is specific stretches of a DNA molecule that program the amino acid sequences of proteins
200
monomers make up a
What is polymer
300
2 monosaccharides linked by a dehydration reaction
more than 2 monosaccharides?
What is disaccharide & polysachharide
300
what can cause a kink in a carbon chain
What is a double bond
300
structure
What is carboxyl group and amino group (amino acid) connected to alpha carbon which is also connected to a hydrogen and R group
300
structure of RNA
What is single polynucleotide strand
300
how are macromolecules broken down
What is hydrolysis
400
structure
monomers are strung together by dehydration reactions
400
monomers
What is fatty acid?
400
resulting covalent linkage?
What is a peptide bond
400
3 structural parts of DNA
- 5 carbon sugar (DNA-deoxyribose, RNA- ribose)
- phosphate group
- nitrogenous base
400
Proteins 4 levels of structure
1. primary- unique sequence of amino acids
2. secondary- regular patterns of coils or folds of a polypeptide chain
3. tertiary- overall 3-D shape of polypeptide
4. Quaternary- shape resulting from the association of 2 or more polypeptide subunits
500
examples
What is phospholipids, waxes and steroids
500
shape & function
shape: globular w/ a groove, determines specific function
function: all proteins must recognize and attach to other molecules to function
500
structure of DNA
What is double helix: 2 polynucleotides wrap around each other; held by hydrogen bonds b/w paired bases