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| Molecules that contain carbon and are abundant in living organisms. |
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| Lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates, and nucleic acids. |
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| Examples of organic molecules. |
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| End of ampipathic molecules that contain Carbon-carbon and carbon-hydrogen bonds. |
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| End of ampipathic molecules that contain carbon-oxygen bonds. |
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| Two structures with identical molecular formula but different structures and characteristics. |
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| Isomers with identical bonding but the spatial positioning of the atoms differs. |
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| Isomers that contain the same atoms but bonded differently. |
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| Stereoisomers that contain cis and trans positioning around a double bond. |
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| Stereoisomers that contain mirror images of another molecule. |
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| Geometric isomer with double carbon bond on same side of molecule. |
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| Geometric isomer with double carbon bond on either side of molecule. |
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| Enantiomer that binds poorly in living cells. |
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| Enantiomer that binds strongly in living cells. |
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| Organic molecules that are composed of C, H. and O atoms. |
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| Monomer of a carbohydrate. Can have ring or linear structure. |
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| Glucose and fructose are examples of _______. |
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| Glucose and galactose are what kind of isomers? |
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| alpha Glucose and beta Glucose are what kind of isomers? |
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| D-glucose and L-glucose are what kind of isomers? |
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| Carbohydrates composed of two monosaccharides. |
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| Sucrose, maltose and lactose are what kinds of carbohydrate? |
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| Many monosaccharides linked to form polymers. |
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| Polysaccharides; plants and animals. |
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| Starch and glycogen are _________ found in __________. |
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| Chitin, cellulose and cartilage are examples of what kind of carbohydrate? |
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| Nonpolar, uncharged, hydrophobic molecules composed primarily of H and C atoms. |
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| Fats form what kind of bonds? |
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| Lipid that is formed by the covalent linkage of three fatty acids to a glycerol molecule. |
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| Fats that are saturated with single covalent carbon bonds with Hydrogen. |
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| Fats that contain one or more double carbon bonds. |
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| Monomer of macromolecule that contains peptide linkages. |
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| Monomer in macromolecules that contain ester linkage. |
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| Monomer in macromolecules that contain phosphoester linkage. |
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| Monomers in macromolecules that contain glycosidic linkage. |
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| Ampipathic molecule that contains glycerol + 2 fatty acids + phosphate group. |
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| Region of a phospholipid that is hydrophillic. |
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| Region of a phospholipid that is hydrophobic. |
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| Macromolecule with four interconnected rings of carbon atoms. |
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| Composed of C, H, O, N and small amounts of other elements, (S) sulfur. |
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| Number of amino acids that exist. |
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| Two or more amino acids joined together with a peptide bond. |
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| Amino end of a protein that has a positive charge. |
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| Carboxyl end of a protein that has a negative charge. |
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| Assembly of subunits into a functional protein. |
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| 3-dimensional shape of polypeptide chain. |
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| Hydrogen bonding within the peptide backbone. |
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| Linear sequence of amino acids. |
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Hydrogen bonds
Ionic Bonds
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| 5 factors promoting protein folding and stability. |
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| Typically have an even number of carbon atoms in them. |
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| Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) |
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| Stores genetic information coded in the sequence of their monomer building blocks. |
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| Involved in decoding stored information into instructions for linking together a specific sequence of amino acids to form a polypeptide chain. |
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| Monomer of a Nucleic Acid |
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| Responsible for the storage, expression, and transmission of genetic information. |
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| Made up of a phosphate group, a five-carbon sugar, and a single or double ring of carbon and nitrogen atoms, known as a base. |
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| Have a sugar-phosphate backbone. |
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| Includes double bonded bases A and T. |
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| Includes double bonded A and U. |
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| Includes triple bonded C and G. |
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| Has 2 strands in a double helix form. |
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| Nucleic acid with a single strand. |
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| Bases with double fused rings or C or N atoms and include Adenine and Guanine. |
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| Bases with single rings and include Cytosine, Thymine and Uracil. |
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| Purines : Adenine and Guanine |
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| Pyridimines: Cytosine, Thymine and Uracil. |
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| CUT the Py. A pie is a single ring. |
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| Base that pairs with Thymine in DNA. |
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| Base that pairs with Adenine in DNA. |
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| Base that pairs with Cytosine. |
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| Base that pairs with Guanine. |
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| Base that pairs with Adenine in RNA. |
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| Base that pairs with Uracil in RNA. |
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