Chapter 5 Flashcards
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Living things are made of 4 classes of large biological molecules
- carbohydrates
- lipids
- proteins
- Nucleic acids
Building polymers
Anabolism
Dehydration
Breakdown of polymers
Catabolism
Hydrolysis
Carbohydrates
Sugars and polymers of sugars
Simple sugars, must have chemical formula that’s some multiple of CH2O
Monosaccharides
2 monosaccharides joined by covalent bond (glycosidic linkage)
Disaccharide
Few hundred to thousands of monosaccharides bonded by glycosidic linkages
Polysaccharides
Polysaccharide purpose
Storage
Structure
Polymer of glucose molecules joined by 1-4 linkages
Plants
Starch
Polymer of glucose molecules joined by 1-4 linkages
Animals
Glycogen
Component of expskeleton of Arthropods
Polymer of modified glucose molecule
Chitin
Component of plant cell walls
Polymer of glucose molecules joined by 1-4 glycosidic linkages
Cellulose
Grouped together b/c hydrophobic due to structure
Lipids
Not actually a polymer
Constructed from 2 smaller molecules (glycerol and fatty acid)
Fats
No double bonds, lots of H
Saturated fat
Double bonds and fewer H
Unsaturated fat
Unsaturated fat + hydrogen atoms
Trans fat
Characterized by a carbon skeleton w/4 fused rings
Steroids
Important component of cell membrane
Precursor from which other steroid are made (sex hormones)
Cholesterol
cholesterol clogs arteries
LDL
Removed LDL from blood stream
HDL
Responsible for almost everything an organism does, structurally diverse, wide range of functions
Proteins
Polymer constructed from amino acids
Polypeptides
Why are the 10 amino acids “essential amino acids”?
Body can’t produce them