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18 Cards in this Set
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polyunsaturated fatty acid
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an unsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain "tail" has more than one double or triple covalent bond between carbon atoms per molecule; found chiefly in fish, corn, soybean oil, safflower oil
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unsaturated fatty acid
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fatty acid whose carbon chain "tail" has at least one double or triple covalent bond between carbon atoms per molecule
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saturated fatty acid
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fatty acid whose carbon chain "tail" has only single covalent bonds between carbon atoms; no double or triple covalent bonds between carbon atoms are present
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fatty acid
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molecule with a backbone of up to 36 carbon atoms in a long chain or "tail", a carboxyl group at one end, and hydrogen atoms at most or all of the other bonding sites
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fats
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kind of lipid having 1, 2, or 3 fatty acids attached to a glycerol
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glycerol
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three-carbon compound with 3 hydroxyl groups; component of fats and oils
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carboxyl group
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-COOH (ionized: -COO- )
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hydroxyl group
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-OH ( alcohol )
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amino group
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-NH2 (ionized: -NH3+ )
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phosphate
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PO4-3
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organic compounds
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has backbone of carbon atoms arranged in chains or rings -- have hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and other atoms attached
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four classes of biomacromolecules
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Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, Nucleic Acids
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polypeptide chain
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3 or more amino acids connected by peptide bonds
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hemoglobin -- biomacromolecule?
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protein -- oxygen transporter
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cutin -- biomacromolecule?
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lipid -- a basic waxy substance of plant cuticles
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glucose -- biomacromolecule?
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carbohydrate -- monosaccharide simple sugar, main energy source of most organisms
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structure levels of proteins
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Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Quaternary
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basic subunit of a protein
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amino acid
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