BIOL 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Protein Structure, Maltose, Ribosomal Rna
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C=o is a carbonyl, part of glucose. H-c=o is a aldehyde, makes a molecule. If you have aldehyde, whole molecule is aldehyde. Polymer - a large molecule made of smaller similar subunits. Monomer - a small molecule that can be combined with other similar or identical molecules to make a larger polymer. A monosaccharide (glucose, fructose) a polysaccharide (for example, starch, glycogen, cellulose) An amino acid (arginine, leucine) a polypeptide or protein (a- and b-chains of insulin are polypeptides and insulin is a protein) A nucleotide (sugar, phosphate, base in combination) a nucleic acid (for example, Monosaccharides combine to form complex carbohydrates, or polysaccharides. Polysaccharide - a polymer of carbohydrates, composed of many monosaccharides. Makes up a large carbohydrate of carbohydrate support for plants portion of the outer storage in many storage in and other organisms. A member of a class of biological molecules whose defining characteristic is their relative insolubility in water, i. e. triglycerides, cholesterol, steroids, and phospholipids.
