BIOL 112 Lecture 2: Lecture 2 - Proteins.pdf

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We are made up of 75% water, large molecules (macromolecules), and ions/ small molecules ! Macromolecules: proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids ! Macromolecules are made the same way in all living things, and are present in all organisms in roughly the same proportion ! An advantage of this biochemical unity is that organisms acquire needed biochemicals by eating other organisms ! !- polymers are made up of monomers covalently bonded together! Macromolecules have a molecular weight that exceeds 1,000 g ! Condensation reaction: water molecule is released while a new covalent bond forms! Result in the release of water with each covalent bond formed ! Uses a water molecule to break up a covalent bond, releases a monomer! Water reacts with the covalent bonds that link the polymer together ! Macromolecules are broken down by hydrolysis reactions (reverse of condensation) ! Molecular machines that do all the work in our body !

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