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1
Q

What does lipid form from?

A

Acetate

2
Q

What are the 5 structures of a phospholipid from top to bottom? (Refer to pic if need)

A

Choline
Phosphate
Glycerol
Fatty acids

3
Q

How to make Malatose + what type of compound is it? Type of linkage?

A

Glucose + Glucose
Polysaccharide
1-4 glycosidic linkage

4
Q

How to make sucrose + what type of compound is it? Type of linkage?

A

Glucose + fructose
Polysaccharide
1-2 glycosidic linkage

5
Q

Another name for polysaccharides

A

Complex carbohydrates

6
Q

2 ways of complex carbohydrates storage ( in plants and animals )

A

Starch in chloroplasts.

Glycogen only liver and muscles.

7
Q

What is cellulose

A

Unbranched glucose polymer stored in cell wall. Most abundant organic compound.

8
Q

Chitin

A

a fibrous substance consisting of polysaccharides, which is the major constituent in the exoskeleton of arthropods and the cell walls of fungi.

9
Q

What type of bonds are in nucleic acids?

A

Phosphodiester bonds

10
Q

3 parts of a nucleic acid

A

Phosphate
Sugar
Base

11
Q

Two types of sugars that can be in nucleic acids and their structures

A

Deoxyribose: one OH at the bottom.
Ribose: two OH at the bottom.

12
Q

Adenine structure

A

Two rings, 5 N atoms.

13
Q

Thymine structure

A

1 ring

2 x C=O

14
Q

Guanine structure

A

2 rings

One C=O at top.

15
Q

Cytosine structure

A

1 ring

C=O at bottom