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Hemoglobin is made of 4 polypeptie chains. One amino acid change causes disease-sickle cell, hbs changes the shape of the cell. Are often enzymes(catalyze reactions), can also be structural. Molecules of life: note-rna is in many components and has many functions, protiens(hemoglobins, enzymes, lipids, including cholesterol, which is vita for hormones, sugars, small molecules-certain metabolites and vitamins, water, ions. Potassium is high inside, sodium is high outside. Water is most important molecule in bio and is essential for life: proteins in our cell are in a watery environment, needed for the proper folding of proteins. Usually non-polar interior of globular proteins(inside folded proteins are afraid of water), Atp and nadph are basic energy molecules, will never be asked to draw the structure on the exam, think of atp and nadph as the money of the cell: atp is made of a ribosugar, adenine(adenezine tri-phosphate) Don"t need to get it from our diet, we make it ourselves.
