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| consist of only hydrogen atoms covalently bonded to carbon |
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| particular atoms or clusters of atoms covalently bonded to carbon |
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| consist of three to millions of subunits that may or may not be identical |
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| have one or more hydroxyl groups |
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| a class of proteins that cause metabolic reactions to proceed much faster than they would on their own |
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| enzymes split an -OH and an H from another molecule to make water |
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| works the opposite of condensation reactions. it splits water molecules and bonds them to the exposed sites |
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| do not dissolve in water but mix with other non polar substances |
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| lipids with one tow or three fatty acids dangling like tails from a glycerol molecule |
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| starts as a carboxyl group attached to a backbone of as many as thirty six carbon atoms |
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| three fatty tails linked to one glycerol |
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| have a glycerol backbone, two nonpolar fatty acid tails, and a polar head |
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| have long-chain fatty acids tightly packed and bonded to long-chain alcohols or carbon rings |
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| small organic compound with an amino group, a carboxyl group, a hydrogen atom, and one or more atoms called its R group |
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| consists of three or more amino acids |
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| a large organic molecule with an iron atom at its center |
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| when polypeptide chains unwind and change shape |
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| three phosphate groups attached to its sugar, and can store and release energy that is needed for metabolism |
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| necessary for enzyme function, they move electrons and hydrogen from one reaction site to another |
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| covalently bonded nucleotides and phosphate groups |
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| deoxyribosenucleic acid. codes for proteins and contain ATGC |
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| have 4 types of RNA, they are single stranded and instead of thymine there is uracil |
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