Definitions
Small units that join together.
What is Monomers?
The monomer of carbohydrates
What is monosaccarides?
Monomer of proteins.
What is amino acids?
Monomer of lipids.
What are glycerol and fatty acids?
Monomers of nucleic acids.
What are nucleotides?
4 organic molecules.
What is Carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, and proteins.
Large macromolecules formed by linking many monosaccharides together.
What is a polysaccharide?
The specific covalent bond that links amino acids together in a chain.
What is peptide bond?
A fatty acid chain that contains the maximum possible number of hydrogen atoms and no double bonds.
What is saturated fatty acid?
The two main types of nucleic acids found in living cells that store genetic data.
What is DNA and RNA?
Made of joining together monomers.
What is polymers?
Polysaccharide found in plants that give structure and rigidity.
What is cellulose?
A long chain of amino acids linked together before it folds into a functional protein.
What is a Polypeptide?
A fatty acid chain containing at least one carbon-carbon double bond, causing it to bend.
What is unsaturated fatty acid?
Base sugars in a nucleotide.
What is ribose?
Large organic molecules.
What is macromolecules?
Because they are highly polar, carbs have this “water loving“ property, allowing sugars to dissolve easily in water.
What is Hydrophilic?
During protein folding, amino acids with this 'water-fearing' property collapse toward the inside of the molecule.
What is hydrophobic?
Common categories of lipids.
What are fats, oils, steroids, and waxes
The primary high-energy nucleotide molecule that serves as the 'energy currency' of all living cells.
What is ATP?
The specific reaction to break a peptide bond between 2 amino acids.
The polysaccharide used by animals to store extra glucose.
What is glycogen?
To link two amino acids into a peptide chain, the cell uses this water releasing reaction.
What is dehydration synthesis?
This lipid molecule forms a bilayer in cell membranes, featuring a hydrophilic head and two hydrophobic tails.
What is a phospholipid?
Along with a 5-carbon sugar and a nitrogenous base, this chemical completes the 3 parts of a nucleotide.
What is Phosphate?