BSC 1005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hemoglobin, Antibody, Keratin

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10 Oct 2016
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Disaccharides: (two monomers of sugar) lactose , sucrose, maltose. Carbon atoms form the backbone of organic compounds. Dissolved sugars, fatty acids, amino acids, and nucleotides are the organic compounds found in the cells. They are building blocks for the following 4 large biological molecules. Greasy or oily compounds, readily dissolve in one another, but not so in water (hydrophobic)] Certain lipids with fatty acid tail form the main reservoirs of stored energy (glycerides) Structural material in cell membranes (phospholipids) which protect body surfaces. Fats have 1, 2, or 3 fatty acids attached to a glycerol. Steroids are lipids without fatty acid tail. Cholesterol is a steroid, forms the precursor of sex hormones. Anabolic steroids - synthetic variants of male hormone testosterone. The most diverse of all the large biological molecules. Consist of one or more chains of amino acids (which form polypeptides)

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