Carbohydrates
The building block of a carbohydrate
What is a monosaccharide?
Fundamental unit of lipids that is non polar
What is a fatty acid?
Monomer of a protein
What are amino acids?
Monomer of a nucleic acid
What are nucleotides?
This property allows water molecules to stick to other water molecules due to hydrogen bonding.
What is cohesion?
The ratio of C:H:O in carbs
What is 1:2:1?
Elements that are found in lipids
What is C, H, O and sometimes P?
Components of a generic amino acid
What are carboxyl group, central carbon, amine group and R group?
Components of a nucleotide
What are sugar, phosphate and a nitrogenous base?
Carbon has this many valence electrons, allowing it to form up to four covalent bonds.
What are four?
The carbohydrate used most often as a source of energy
What is glucose?
A lipid that has a polar section and a non polar section found in the structure of a cell membrane?
What is a phospholipid?
Type of bond involved in the synthesis of a dipeptide
What is a peptide bond?
What are A, T, G, C & U?
This chemical reaction joins two monomers together by removing a molecule of water.
What is dehydration synthesis?
The storage polysaccharide found in animals?
What is glycogen?
Term to describe fatty acid chains that have at least one double bond
What is unsaturated?
Function of Proteins
What is...
Catalyze chemical reactions
Coordinate organismal responses
Provide structural support
Receive signals from outside cell
Store amino acids
function in cell movement
Transport substances
Protects against disease
Function of nucleic acids
What is genetic information?
A nitrogenous base that consists of a double ring structure
What is a purine? (A and G)
The type of bond found in carbohydrates.
What is a glycosydic linkage?
Example of a lipid that has a fused ring shape structure
What is cholesterol or testosterone?
The primary structure of a protein is the
What is sequence of amino acids?
Type of bond found between the phosphate group of one nucleotide and the sugar of another nucleotide
What are phosphodiester bonds?
Type of chemical bonds created through synthesis reactions to create these macromolecules
What are covalent bonds?