Carbohydrates
The carbohydrate that is the main source of energy
What is Glucose?
The elements that mainly make up Lipids.
What is carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen?
An example of a protein that works with the immune system and aids in the defense against foreign bodies.
What is antibodies?
The difference between DNA vs RNA?
DNA=double stranded
RNA=single stranded
An enzyme is classified as this macromolecule
What is protein?
Two monosaccharides bonded together create one of these.
What is a disaccharide?
This interaction of lipids describes their dislike of reacting with water.
What are hydrophobic interactions?
Known as the monomer of protein
What is an Amino Acid?
The overall structure of a nucleotide?
5-carbon sugar, phosphate group, nitrogenous base
The function of an enzyme.
What is break up substrates into products for use by the body?
Carbohydrates provide this type of energy.
What is short-term energy?
Lipids are typically found in this unit of a cell.
What is the phospholipid bilayer of the cell membrane?
This structure appears as an alpha helix or Beta Pleated Sheets.
What is secondary structure?
The nitrogenous bases for DNA
What are A, T, C, G
Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine
This is how an enzyme increases reaction speed without decreasing overall energy output.
What is lowering the activation energy or what is lowering the amount of energy to proceed/continue the reaction.
The main function of carbohydrates
What is a source of energy?
Name the four functions of lipids?
Storage
Protection
Cell membrane
Insulation
Name of the protein that contributes to skin elasticity.
What is Collagen?
One bond holds the nitrogenous bases together, another bond holds the sugar-phosphate backbone together. To get this right you have to get it in the right order
What are hydrogen bonds and covalent bonds?
_________ binds to _________ of the enzyme
What is a substrate and active site?
This elemental ratio separates Carbohydrates from Lipids.
What is a 1:2:1 ratio?
The difference between a lipid as unsaturated vs saturated
Saturated=single bonds (solid at room temp)
Unsaturated=double bonds (liquid at room temp)
This element is only found in one other macromolecule
What is nitrogen?
________ replaces ________ when DNA turns into RNA. Note: you have to say the full word to get this correct.
Uracil and Thymine
The name of the relationship that describes how enzymes and substrates fit.
What is the lock and key fit?