BIOL 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Dehydration Reaction, Cell Nucleus, Phospholipid

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Most of us know the food versions of these molecules. Organic chemistry is the chemistry of the living world. Organic molecules are grouped into 4 categories- carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids. They are called organic bc these molecules have carbon at the foundation. Water plays a key role- its involved in all metabolism; all metabolic processes have water at the core. Carbohydrates-breads, grains, sugars, majority of these carbohydrates are used for structure, not food ion organisms. Lipids- are fats, all living things made up of cells have phospholipids in cell membrane. Proteins- one of the most diverse; in human body, there are. Nucleic acids- genetic information- dna and rna; also plays a role in metabolic energy transfer.

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