Basic Biomolecules
Enzymes
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Nucleic Acids & Proteins
100
The molecule that is the main source of energy for cells.
What is Glucose?
100
Enzymes speed up these in the body.
What are chemical reactions?
100
The monomer of carbohydrates
What is monosaccharides
100
The general term for a molecule that do not mix with water
What is hydrophobic?
100
The 2 types of Nucleic Acids:
DNA & RNA
200
These bio-molecules are made up of amino acids and build muscles.
What are proteins?
200
This is the name of the molecule that an enzyme acts on.
What is a substrate?
200
The molecule contains, CH^2OH, O, and OH
What is glucose?
200
The elements are CH_?
CHO. What is lipids elements?
200
The monomer of Proteins and Nucleic Acids
Proteins: Amino Acids
Nucleic Acids: Nucleotides
300
The type of biomolecule that stores genetic information.
What is DNA?
300
Enzymes are made of these molecules.
What are proteins?
300
What ratio is Carbohydrates?
What is 1:2:1 ratio?
300
The ratio of different from carbs?
they are not 1:2:1 but could be anything like: 12:36:85
300
What is the polymer of Nucleic Acids and Proteins?
Nucleic Acids: Nucleic Acids
Proteins: Polypeptides
400
Lipids are important because they store energy and make up this part of the cell.
What is the cell membrane?
400
The place on an enzyme where the substrate binds is called this.
What is the active site?
400
What are the elements in Carbohydrates?
What is Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen
400
The monosachradies of Lipids
Fatty acid and glycerol
400
The variable side chain that determines how amino acid will behave.
What is the R group?
500
These carbohydrates are made of many sugar units and store energy in plants.
What is starch?
500
This term describes how enzymes can be stopped or slowed down by certain molecules.
What is inhibition?
500
The polysaccharides of carbohydrates
What is Cellulose, Chitin, Starch, Glycogen?
500
4 Main types of lipids:
Triglycerides
Waxes & Oils
Phospholipids
________
What is Steroids?
500
Name the 5 functions of proteins
Structure
Regulation
Transport
Movement
Enzymes