Carbs
Carbohydrates are made of:
Sugars
Protein that acts as a biological catalyst
Enzyme
What is an example of a lipid?
Fats, Oils, waxes, steroids
Function of nucleic acids
Store and transmit genetic material
Small molecules that can join together
Monomers
What are the monomers for carbohydrates? Give an example.
Monosaccharides.
Any fruits, or natural sugars
What are the monomers of proteins?
Phospholids make up our ___________ _________?
Cell Membranes
Monomers of nucleic acids
Amino Acids
When monomers come together they form what?
Polymers
What is a disaccharide?
A carbohydrate made by joining two sugar molecules together. eg, table sugar, powdered sugar, etc
What is a function of proteins?
Transport, rebuilding, speed up reactions, hormones, structure, muscle contractions.... etc.
Function of lipids
Long term energy storage
Example of nucleic acids
DNA, RNA
Large organic molecules that make up living systems..
Macromolecules
What are the polymers of carbs? Give an example
Polysaccharides
Any starches
Polymers of Amino acids is called...
A protein!
Lipids are hydrophobic or hydrophillic?
Hydrophobic!
The phosphate group, bafse pair, and ribose sugar made up what part of DNA?
Nucleotide
All carbs are broken down into their simplest form called
sugars (will accept glucose, the most common sugar on the planet.)
The main job of carbohydrates is...?
Short term energy!
Place where a protein binds it's substrate and changes it?
Active Site!
What are the elements in Lipids
C, H, O
What are the elements/atoms in nucleic acids?
C, H, O, N, P, S
What are the four macromolecules?
carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids.