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| all the chemical reactions that occur in an organism |
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| a very large molecule such as a polymer (i.e. carbohydrate, lipid, nucleic acid, or protein) |
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| protein that can catalyze a chemical reaction |
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| carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur |
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| the main components/elements of all living cells |
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| small molecules that join together in repeating units to form a polymer |
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| large molecules composed of smaller repeating monomers |
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| used to store and release energy |
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| used to store genetic information |
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| structural molecules or enzymes |
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| monomer of carbohydrates, a.k.a. simple sugars |
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| monomer of nucleic acids, made of nitrogen base, sugar, and phosphate |
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| the 3-D shape of a protein, a.k.a. tertiary structure |
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| molecule (usually protein) that speeds up a chemical reaction without changing itself |
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| site on an enzyme where the substrate can bind |
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