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Single unit (monomer) of carbohydrates |
Monosaccharides |
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Monomer of protein |
amino acids |
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Monomer of nucleic acid |
nucleotides |
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Monomer of lipids |
Fatty acids ( and why not consider) |
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Most common organic compound
Humans cannot digest Responsible for plant cell wall |
Cellulose |
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Second most known polysaccharide Found in fungi and exoskeletons Manufacture of surgical thread. |
Chitin |
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Who discovered cell |
Robert Hooke in 1660 |
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Less powerful than electron microscope Can be used to observe without alteration Generated through color |
Light microscope |
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sends a beam of electrons through a very thin slice of a specimen, using a magnetic field to focus the beam. |
Transmission Electron Microscope |
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2 types of light microscope |
Compound Confocal |
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Uses 2 or more lenses to focus visible light through microscope |
Compound light microscope |
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Enhances resolution by focusing light through lenses |
Confocal microscope |
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2 types of electron microscope |
Transmission and Scanning |
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contains both carbon and hydrogen. |
organic molecule |
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Organic molecules consisting almost entirely of carbon and hydrogen are called |
hydrocarbon |
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Organic molecules consisting almost entirely of carbon and hydrogen are called |
hydrocarbon |
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is made of monomers that are linked together, just as a train is made of individual railcars. |
polymer |
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a protein called an enzyme removes an –OH (hydroxyl group) from one molecule and a hydrogen atom from another, forming H2O and a new covalent bond between the two smaller components |
Dehydration synthesis. |
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enzymes use atoms from water to add a hydroxyl group to one molecule and a hydrogen atom to another |
Hydrolysis -break with water |
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Many organic molecules are categorized into four main types: - |
carbohydrates - proteins - nucleic acids - lipids |
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are the simplest of the four main types of organic compounds, mostly because just a few monomers account for the most common types in cells. |
Carbohydrates |
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usually contain five or six carbon atoms Smallest carbs |
monosaccharides, |
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is two monosaccha- rides joined by dehydration synthesis |
disaccharide |
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consist of three to 100 monomers. Such a carbohydrate chain sometimes attaches to a protein, forming a glycoprotein |
Oligosaccharides |
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chain of monomers called amino acids |
Protein |
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forms by dehydration synthesis, is the covalent bond that links each amino acid to its neighbor |
Peptide bond |
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, chains with 100 or more amino acids are |
polypeptides |
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unique three-dimensional structure of protein |
Protein Folding |
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Loss of function of protein |
Denaturation |
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include DNA and RNA. These molecules contain genetic information. |
Nucleic acids |
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include DNA and RNA. These molecules contain genetic information. |
Nucleic acids |
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The monomers of nucleic acids are . |
nucleotides |
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organic compounds with one property in common: they do not dissolve in water. |
Lipids |
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forms the majority of cell membranes |
Phospholipids |
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long hydrocarbon chains called |
fatty acid |
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threecarbon molecule that forms the triglyceride’s backbone. Alt |
Glycerol |
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What is triglyceride made of |
Glycerol and fatty acids |
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Fatty acids contains all the hydrogens it possibly ca |
Saturated fatty acids |
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which are unsaturated fats whose fatty acid tails are straight, not kinked |
Trans fat |