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| Long molecule consiting of many similar blocks linked by covalent bonds. |
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| Special macromolecules that speed up chemical reactions. |
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| Chemical reaction that involves the loss of water from the reacting molecule. |
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| Multiple units of glucose |
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| Two monosaccharides joned by a glycosidic linkage. |
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| Covalent bond formed between two monosaccharides by a dehydration reaction. |
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| Macromolecules, polymers with a few hundred-thousand monosaccharides joed by glycosidic linkage. |
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| Polymer of glucose monomores. |
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| Polymer of glucose that is like amylopectin. |
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| Component of the tough wall that encloses plant cells. |
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| A fibrous substance consisting of polysaccharides and forming the major constituent in the exoskeleton of arthropods and the cell walls of fungi. |
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| One or more double bonds with fewer hydrogen atoms. |
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| Fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms. |
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| Unsaturated fat with trans-isomer fatty acids. |
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| A lipid containing a phosphate group in its molecule. |
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| Large class of organic compounds with a characteristic molecular structure containing four rings of carbon atoms. |
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| A type of steroid that is synthezised in the liver. |
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| Chemical agents that speed up chemical reactions without being consumed by the reaction. |
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| Molecule that has more than one polypeptide. |
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| Substitute of one amino acids for the normal one. |
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| Proper folding of other proteins. |
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| Determines 3D structure of proteins. |
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