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28 Cards in this Set
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Monosaccharide
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- A simple carbohydrate molecule
- Monomer of carbohydrates - The simple sugars |
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Peptide
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Polymers produced by the linkage of monosaccaride monomers.
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Dissacharide
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- A sugar that forms two monosaccharides.
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Amino Acid
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- Any compund that contains an amino acid and a carboxyl group in the same molecule
- Monomer of proteins |
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Polysaccaride
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- Any combination of amino acids in which the amino group of one acid is united with the carboxyl group of another through an amide bond
- Include Starch, Glycogen, and Cellulose |
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Fatty Acids
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Monomer of Lipids
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Phospholipids
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- Contains a polar head and a non polar tail
- Major lipid components of the cell membrane |
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Steroids
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Is a four rind lipid
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A peptide bond is a bond between which functional groups?
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amino and carboxyl
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How many bonds can carbon form with other atoms?
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Four
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Vitamin D
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FAT LIKE
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Proteins
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- Composed of amino acids (20 different types)
- Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and Quarternary Structure |
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Enzymes
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- When they start breaking apart, they are denatured.
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Secondary Structure
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- When the polypeptide gets to long and they start to fold.
- Alpha-helix and pleeded sheets |
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Primary Structure
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A straight line of amino acids
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Dipeptide
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2 amino acids linked
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Polypeptide
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many amino acids linked
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Dehydration Synthesis
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- When two monomers join together
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Glucose, Fructose, Galactose, Ribose, Deoxyribos are examples of.......
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Monosacharides
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Disaccharides
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- formed from 2 monosaccharides by dehydration synthesis; they can be split back into simple sugars by hydrolosis.
- Glucose+Fructose= Sucrose |
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Polysaccharides
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- The largest carbohydrates and may contain hundreds of monosaccharides
- The principal polysaccharide in the human body is glycogen which is stored in the liver or skeletal muscles. - Cellulose and Starch are found in plants. |
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Lipids
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Fats, 18-25% body mass
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Fatty Acids
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- Saturated- all single bonds
- Unsaturated- contain double bonds (good for you) |
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Tryglycerides
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Composed of glycerole and 3 fatty acids
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Steroids
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Cholesterol, bile, vitamin, hormones
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Nucleic Acid
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-DNA- deoxyribose nucleic acids
-RNA- ribose nucleic acid -Function- transfer of genetic makeup |
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Monomers: Nucleotide
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- Phosphate group, sugar, base
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Bases
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Adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine, uracil
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