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| any organic compound that is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and that provides nutrients to the cells of living things |
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| a simple suger that is the basic subunit, or monomer, of a carbohydrate |
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| a sugar formed from two monosaccharrides |
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| one of the carbohydratesmade up of long chains of simple suugars |
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| an organic compound that is made of one or more chains of amino acids and that is a principal component of all cells |
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| an organic molecule that contains a carboxyl and an amino group and that makes up proteins |
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| the chemical bond that from between the carboxyl group of one amino acid and the amino group of another amino acid |
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| a long chin of several amino acids |
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| a type of protein or RNA molecule that speeds up metabolic reactions in plant and animals without being permanently changed or destroyed |
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| a part, substance, or element that lies beneath and supports another part, substance, or element |
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| the site on an enzyme that attaches to a substrate |
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| a large, nonpolar oranic molecle, including fats and steroids |
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| an organic aicd that is contained in lipids,such as fats or oils |
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| a lipid that contains phosphorus and that is a structural component in cell membranes |
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| a type of structural lipid consisting of a long fatty-acid chain that is joined to a long alcohol chain |
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| a type of liqid that consists of four carbon rings to which vious functional groups are attached and that usually has a physiological action |
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| an organic compound, either RNA or DNA, whose molecules are made up of one or two chains of nucleotides and carry gentic infor mation |
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| deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) |
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| the material that contains the infor mation that determines inherited characteristics |
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| a natural polymer that is present in all living cells and thatplays a role in protein synthesis |
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| in a nucleic-acid chain, a subunit that consists of a sugar, a phosphate, and a nitrogenous base |
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