Functional Groups
This functional group's chemical formula is -COH
What is Carbonyl?
The main functions of carbohydrates
What is storage and structure?
The main functions of proteins
What is structure, transport, protection, energy, storage, defense, enzymes, and support?
The functions of nucleic acids is
What is carrying genetic information and synthesizing of proteins?
The function of lipids
What is long term energy storage, cushioning organs, and making up cell membranes?
This functional group's chemical formula is -OH
What is hydroxyl?
The building block of carbohydrates
The building block of proteins
What is Amino Acids?
The building blocks of nucleic acids are
What is a nucleotide?
The three types of lipids
What is triglycerides, phospholipids, and steroids?
This functional group's formula is -PO4
What is phosphate?
Sugars joined by a covalent bond (name of bond)
What is a Glycosidic Bond?
Amino acids joined by a bond (name of bond)
What is Peptide Bonds?
The bonds that join nucleotides
What is phosphodiester bonds?
The bonds that hold lipids together
What is ester linkages?
This functional group's chemical formula is -NH2
What is amino?
The types of carbohydrates
What is monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides?
The structure of a protein
What is Amino Group, Hydrogen Atom, R group, and Carboxyl Group?
The components that make up a nucleotide
What is a nitrogen base, 5 carbon sugar, and phosphate group?
The components of a triglyceride
What is a glycerol and three fatty acid tails?
This functional group's chemical formula is -CH3
What is methyl?
The four types of storage and structural polysaccharides in plants and animals
What is starch, glycogen, cellulose, and chitin?
The different levels of organization for proteins
What is primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary?
The nitrogen base present in DNA but not RNA
What is Thymine?
The hydrophilic component of a phospholipid
What is a phospholipid head?