EBIO 1210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Glycerol, Triglyceride, Phospholipid

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Biologically important large molecule are based on carbon because c bonds with up to 4 partners, facilitating formation of large molecules. They are constructed from small building blocks: 1. Nucleic acids = dna and rna (from nucleotides) 3. Proteins (from amino acids) which are diverse in structure and function: large carbohydrates = polysaccharides (from the simplest sugars = monosaccharides) Lipids consist mostly of bonds between carbon and hyrdogen atoms. Lipids include fats (store energy), phospholipids (from bio membrances), steroids (act as hormones = regulate genes) All energy comes from food (chemical energy) Fats are constructed from two types of smaller molecules: a glycerol backbone to which. Fat = triglyceride = glycerol + 3 fatty acid chains. The molecules cannot get as close to each other because of double bonds, so it"s liquid. C18:0 --- first number is number of carbon atoms, second is number of c=c double bonds.

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