Macromolecules and Monomers
These are the basic building blocks of carbohydrates.
What are monosaccharides?
The building blocks of proteins.
What are amino acids?
These are the building blocks of lipids, consisting of long hydrocarbon chains with a carboxylic acid group.
What are fatty acids?
The general chemical formula for carbohydrates.
What is (CH₂O)ₙ?
Nutrients the body needs in large quantities.
What are macronutrients?
These monomers make up lipids and are composed of long hydrocarbon chains with a carboxyl group.
What are fatty acids?
Determines the function of a protein in a cell.
What is the protein’s three-dimensional shape or folding?
This type of fatty acid contains at least one double bond in its hydrocarbon chain.
What are unsaturated fatty acids?
The polysaccharide that serves as an energy-storage polymer in animals and bacteria.
What is glycogen?
AKA trace elements that are needed in small quantities.
What are micronutrients and what are they also known as?
This monomer is a key component of nucleic acids and consists of a sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base.
What are nucleotides?
A mutation in the CFTR protein affects what process in the body, often leading to bacterial infections like Pseudomonas aeruginosa?
What is ion transport in epithelial cells?
hese lipids contain a glycerol molecule, two fatty acid tails, and a phosphate group, making them a major component of cell membranes.
What are phospholipids?
The structural polysaccharide that is found in the cell walls of fungi and the exoskeletons of some animals.
What is chitin?
The category hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur fall under.
What are examples of macronutrients?
These monomers are used to build polysaccharides and consist of repeating units of simple sugars, such as glucose.
What are disaccharides or polysaccharides?
Which two biochemical techniques are ways to identify microbes based on their protein or fatty acid profiles?
What are MALDI-TOF and FAME analysis?
The term for the molecule's part in phospholipids that interacts favorably with water, allowing it to form bilayers in cell membranes.
What is the hydrophilic (or polar) head?
The polysaccharide that is an energy storage molecule in plants.
What is starch?
The category sodium, potassium, magnesium, iron, calcium, and copper fall under.
What are examples of micronutrients?