BSC 2010C Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Pyrimidine, Carboxylic Acid, Hydrophile
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Describe what occurs during a general condensation (dehydration) and hydrolysis reaction in the formation and breakdown of polymers. Joining of monomers involves one partner losing a oh group and the other losing a h atom. Water molecule is added and broken up so that the oh group goes to one monomer and the. Name the specific monomers in each class of macromolecule and the name of the bonds between them when polymers are formed: carbohydrates. Bond: hydrocarbon chains attached to glycerol molecule by ester linkages: nucleic acids. Bond: phosphodiester between sugar and phosphates, hydrogen between 2 strands. Dissaccharides are 2 monosaccharides joined by a glycosidic linkage. Polysaccharides are long chains of more than 3 monosaccharides each linked by glycosidic linkage. Describe the structure of fats, phospholipids and steroids. Fats: 3 hydrophobic hydrocarbon fatty acid chains attached to glycerol: phospholipids: amphipathic with two hydrophobic fatty acids tails attached to glycerol and hydrophilic phosphate head.
