Macromolecules 1
What elements make up Carbohydrates?
Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen
What are the 4 major macromolecules?
lipids, proteins, carbohydrates and nucleic acids
What macromolecule do fats and oils belong?
Lipids
What type of carbohydrate are: Glucose, Galactose, Fructose?
Disaccharide
Glycerol is needed to build what type of macromolecule?
Lipids
What is the monomer of carbohydrate?
monosaccharide
What macromolecule is a steroid an example of?
Lipid
What is the monomer of Protein?
amino acid
The monomer units that make up nucleic acids.
Nucleotide
What three parts make up a nucleotide?
Nitrogenous base
Five carbon sugar
Phosphate group
What is the meaning of DNA?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
What macromolecule whose function is about carrying genetic information?
Nucleic Acid
What are the four nitrogenous bases of RNA?
Adenine, Uracil, Cytosine, Guanine
What is considered as table sugar?
Sucrose
What are the complementary base pair to adenine in DNA?
Thymine
What are the two types of lipids?
Saturated and Unsaturated
What are the two nucleic acids?
DNA and RNA
What is the storage form of energy in animals?
Glycogen
What bond holds two nucleotides together in a DNA strand?
Phosphodiester bond/linkage
What term do we use to describe the head of the phospholipid? What term do we use to describe the tails of the phospholipid?
Head:Hydrophilic
Tail: Hydrophobic
What is the correct sequence for the following DNA nucleotide?
ATGCAAC
ACGTTG
What pentose or a 5-carbon sugar can be found in DNA?
Deoxyribose
What is the process by which a protein loses its structure and function due to extreme conditions such as heat or pH changes?
Denaturation
What is the process of linking monomers together to form a polymer with the removal of water molecules?
Dehydration Synthesis
Polymers are broken down into monomers in a process known as ____________, which means “to split water,”
Hydrolysis