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| A compound whose dissociation in solution releases a hydrogen ion and an anion; an acidic solution has a pH below 7.0 |
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| Region where substrates must bind to a special region of the enzyme |
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| A compound consisting of adenosine with two phosphate groups attached |
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| Organic compounds whose chemical structure can be summerized as R-CHNH2-COOH |
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| The synthesis of complex organic compounds from simpler precursors |
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| Smallest stable unit of matter |
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| A compound whose dissociation releases a hydroxide ion or removes a hydrogen ion from the solution |
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| Coupound that stabilizes the pH of a solution by removing or releasing hydrogen ions |
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| An organic compound containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in the ratio 1:2:1 |
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| The breakdown of complex organic molecules into simpler components |
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| Ion with a positive charge |
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| Hold participating atoms together once reaction has ended |
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| Molecule containing two or more elements in combination |
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| Chemical bond between atoms that involves the snaring of electrons |
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| Chemical reaction that breaks a molecule into smaller fragments |
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| Nucleic acid consisting of a chain of nucleotides that contain the sugar dioxyribose and the nitrogenous bases |
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| A compound formed by the joining of two simple sugars by deyhydration synthesis |
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| Soluble inorganic compounds whose ions will conduct an electrical current in a solution |
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| A protein that catalyzes a specific biochemical reaction |
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| Reaction in which two atoms or ions exchange places either in two different molecules or in the same molecule |
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| attached by dehydration synthesis reactions |
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| charged ion or molecule that has an unpaired electron in its outermost shell |
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| break down large nutrient molecules into smaller molecules by the addition of water molecules |
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| lack carbon, structurally simple, and held together by ionic or covalent bonds |
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| an atom that has a positive or negative charge due to unequal numbers of protons and electrons |
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| force of attraction between ions of opposite charges |
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| contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen |
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| when two or more atoms share electrons |
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| serve as source of chemical energy for generating the ATP that fuels metabolic reactions |
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| contain fatty acids with one double covalent bond between two fatty acid carbon atoms and thus are not completely saturated with hydrogen atoms |
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| ring shaped molecules that contain atoms of C, H, O, and N |
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| always contain carbon, contain hydrogen, and always have covalent bonds |
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| union of two or more amino acids |
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| large, complex carbohydrates that contain tens or hundreds of Monosaccharides joined through dehydration synthesis reactions |
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| molecules that contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen |
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| can go either direction under different conditions and are indicated by two half arrows pointing in opposite directions |
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| dissolved in water, dissociates into cations and anions, neither of which is H or OH |
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| contain only single covalent bonds between fatty acid carbon atoms |
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| material in which a liquid or gas was dissolved |
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| a gas in which some other material, called a solute, has been dissolved |
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| differs considerably from that of the triglycerides and phospholipids |
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| the molecules on which the enzyme acts |
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| when two or more atoms, ions, or molecules combine to form new and larger molecules |
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| most plentiful lipids in your body and diet |
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