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16 Cards in this Set
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Hydrocarbons |
-Building block of organisms - covalently bonded to make hydrogens |
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Polymers / macromolecules |
Carbs, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids |
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Carbohydrates |
- mainly sugar - contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in a 1:2:1 ratio |
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Causes the release of energy |
The breaking of CH bonds |
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Glucose |
- six carbon sugar in ring form - has 7 CH bonds |
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Starches |
Glucose polymer found in plants |
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Glycogen |
Glucose polymer found in animals |
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Cellulose/Chitin |
Chain sugar that resists digestion cus most don't have the enzyme to digest it |
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Lipids |
Molecules such as fats and oils that are insoluble in water |
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Phospholipids |
Have a polar head and two trails used to form biological membranes |
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Protein |
- purpose determined by shape - consists of 20 amino acids in various sequences |
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Six levels of protein structure |
1 - amino acid sequence 2- coils and sheets 3- motifs (folds) 4- three dimensional shape 5- domains (functional domains) 6- polypeptide subunits |
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7 functions of proteins |
-enzyme catalysis - defense -transport -support -motion -regulation -storage |
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DNA |
- deoxyribonucleic acid -encodes how proteins are assembled -double stand helix |
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RNA |
-Ribonucleic acid - directs protein synthesis -single strand molecule |
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Three origin of life theories |
-abiogenesis, cosmozoic, supreme being |
