Macromolecules 1
Definition of a Macromolecule
What is a giant molecule or a big group of atoms?
macromolecule with functions of energy, structure, and cell recognition
What is Carbohydrates?
The ending -ose means you have this type of macromolecule
What is a sugar?
parts of your body that protein can be found in
What are Mucles, skin, hair?
Cholesterol is this type of macromolecule and serves this function
What are lipids? What are chemical messengers or parts of cell membranes?
Name the Macromolecules
What are Carbohydrates, Proteins, Lipids, Nucleic Acids?
Polymer of Carbohydrates
What is polysaccharides
This type of fat is solid at room temperature.
What is saturated fats
20 different monomer types held together with peptide bonds
What are amino acids?
I help speed up reactions
What are enzymes ?
Definition of a Polymer
What is a long molecule consisting of many similar building blocks? or long chains of monomers.
The simplest Carbohydrates
What is Monosaccharides or Single sugars?
Stores genetic information and helps produce proteins
What is DNA?
Sucrose, Lactose, and Maltose are examples of
What is a disaccharide?
I act as and Identifier or "tag" for cellular recognition.
What is a carbohydrate chain?
The single building blocks in a Polymer
What is a Monomer?
Unsaturated fats
What type of fat are oils?
When the shape of a protein is altered through extreme pH or heat.
What is denaturation?
Long term energy storage for plants
The monomer for DNA or RNA
What is a nucleotide?
An organic molecule that does NOT dissolve in water
What is Lipids?
Consists of 2 fatty acids and a phosphate group with a hydrophobic tail and hydrophilic head.
What is Phospholipids?
These elements make me organic
What is carbon and hydrogen?
The monomers for Nucleic Acids.
What are Nucleotides?
functions of proteins (6)
What are antibodies, enzymes, structural, chemical signals, transport, channels in plasma membranes?