carbon compound and function groups Flashcards
(10 cards)
occurs in sugar, alcohols
1 structure O-H
hydroxyl (- OH)
occur in fat, oil steroid, amino acids
2 methyl (-CH3)
occur in amino acids, sugars, proteins
3 carboxyl ( -COOH )
occur in amino asid, protein
4 Amino ( -NH2)
occur in Nucleic acids, ATP
5 Phosphate ( -H2Po4)
Most macromolecules are____, molecules made of repetitive series of identical or similar subunits, monomers
Polymers
identical or similar subunits and it made up polymers
monomers
hydrogen atom is removed from one monomer and a hydroxyl group is removed from another. These combine to from water as by-product.
dehydration synthesis
the monomers become joined by a covalent bond to from____.
dimer
A covalent bond between two monomers is broken. Water donates a hydrogen atom to one monomer and hydroxyl group to the other.
Hydrolysis