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| 4 classes of large biological molecules |
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- carbohydrates
- lipids
- protiens
- nucleic acids
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| large molecules composed of thousands of covalently conencted atoms |
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- chain like molecules that consist of many building blocks
- macromolecueles are polymers
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- small building blocks that make up polymers
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Specialized marcomolecules that speed up chemical reaction
- snythesize= to make
- catalyze = to breakdown
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two monomers bond due to the loss of water between the molecules
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| reverse of dehydration reaction. Polymers are disassymbled to monomers by hydrolysis |
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- include sugars and polymers of sugars
- comes in forms of monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides
- is a macromolecule and one of the large biological molecules
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- simplist form of carbohydrates, also called single sugars
- are the bulding blocks of polysaccarides
- have molecule fomulas that are in multiples of CH20
- classified by: location of the carboxyl group, number of carbons in the carbon skeleton
- serves as a major fuel for cells and as raw materials for building molecules
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