KIN217 Quiz: KIN217 BIOCHEMISTRY TEXTBOOK NOTES

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C, h, o make up 98% of the atoms in an organism. H and o are very important as these elements make up water ( matrix of life ); many large molecules in living systems made up of carbon. Proteins: most versatile macromolecules: are signal molecules (receptors); receives the signal, tells the cell, and initiates response, have structural roles, mobile, and protects cell from environmental dangers, are enzymes; act as catalyst faster reactions. Nucleic acids: information molecules: f: to store and transfer information. Carbohyrates: fuel and informational molecules: glucose** key fuel molecule, stored in animals as glycogen; starch in plants, cho chains can be highly branched. Cho on the cell exterior can be recognized by other cells and serve as sites of cell-to-cell interactions. Information flow from dna rna protein. Dna is made up of the genome (heritable info) and packaged into genes (discrete units)

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