BIOL 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Chitin, Glycogen, Depolymerization

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Makes the overall solution resistant to changes in ph. A solution of a weak acid and its conjugate base together is a buffer. Important to keep stable ph due to ph sensitive biological processes within the body: acetic acid and sodium acetate added at equal concentration to water. Buffers illustrate the law of mass action: addition of reactants accelerates the reaction. Functional groups give specific properties to molecules. The two most important functional groups for biological purposes are the. Carboxyl has cooh form, and is acidic. The hydroxyl groups can also be called the alcohol group (e. g. ethanol in beer and wine that gets you drunk ) having. Aldehyde and ketones are under classification of the carbonyl group, with the specific characteristic of having a carbon with a double bond to oxygen. The phosphate group tends to give a negative charge to whatever it is within.

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