PBIO 1210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Cytosine, Molecular-Weight Size Marker, Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate

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Livings things are composed mostly of water and organic compounds. Water has unusual properties that make it essential for life. There are four types of primary organic compounds: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids. Simple carbohydrates function as energy molecules, and complex carbohydrates form structural components of plants or serve in longterm energy storage. Lipids such as fats and oils are energy-storage molecules. Proteins serve as biological catalysts, which regulate chemical processes in cells of plants and other organisms. Proteins also function in structure, transport and energy storage in cells. Nucleic acids contain the coded instructions for the structures and functions in all organisms. Terpenes, phenolics, alkaloids, and other secondary compounds play essential roles in plants and explain the many bene cial or toxic e ects of plants on humans. 3. 1 all physical matter is made up of elements composed of distinct atoms. Element a substance composed of only one kind of atom.

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