BISC 103xg Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cytoskeleton, Cellulose, Robert Hooke
22 Dec 2016
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Methanizing a molecule with a methane group is common. Organic molecules come from organic things (cows) so methane is organic. There"s a whole range of molecules in cells made of carbon binding to other things. Methane is the simplest organic compound, co2 is not organic. Ethane, propane, butane are all just chains of carbon and hydrogen. You can add functional groups to carbon chains, make stuff like testosterone. Monomers often combine through dehydration reactions, releasing water. Carbohydrates range from little sugar monomers to big polysaccharides. Cells are the simplest collection of matter that can live. 1800s we agree on cell theory, that all living things are made of cells and all cells come from other cells. Fructose is an isomer of glucose that"s sweeter and cheaper to make. Polysaccharides are good energy storage and also structural compounds. For example, a potato storing starch (chain of glucose monomers) Cellulose is made into plant walls, super abundant.
