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17 Cards in this Set
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What's a saturated lipid?
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has no double bonds
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What is the structure of a carboxyl?
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O
|| C--OH |
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What is a polyunsatured lipid?
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has 2 or more double bonds
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What is a purine?
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a double-ringed nitrogen base
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What elements are found in lipids?
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carbon and hydrogen
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What's the structure of glycerol?
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H
| H--C--OH | H--C--OH | H--C--OH | H |
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What subunits make up proteins?
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amino acids
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What is the structure of the basic amino acid?
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H H O
\ | || N-C--C--OH / | H R |
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What is a pyrimidine?
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single-ringed nitrogen base
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What is the structure of an amino group?
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H
\ N / H |
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What elements are found in carbohydrates?
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carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
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What's the structure of a phosphate group?
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OH
| R-O-P-OH || O |
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What are nucleic acids composed of?
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nucleotides (made up of sugar, phosphate group, and nitrogen base)
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What is the structure of a fatty acid?
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O H H H
|| | | | HO-C---C-C-C-H | | | H H H |
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What is an unsaturated lipid?
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one or more adjacent pairs of carbon atoms joined by a double bond
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What is a catalyst?
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process by which enzymes speed up chemical reactions
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What are the four classes of macromolecules?
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protein, lipid, nucleic acid, carbohydrate
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