All the vocabulary words for the following lectures: Chemistry of Life, Biomolecules, Special Biomolecules
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| describes a molecule in which the positive and negative charges are separated | ||
| a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative) | ||
| a substance on which an enzyme acts during a chemical reaction | ||
| specialized proteins that speed up chemical reactions | ||
| substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction | ||
| weak chemical bond formed by the attraction of positively charged hydrogen atoms to other negatively charged atoms | ||
| an attraction between molecules of the same substance | ||
| an attraction between molecules of different substances | ||
| small unit that can join together with other small units to form polymers | ||
| a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers | ||
| A chemical reaction in which two molecules covalently bond to each other with the removal of a water molecule. | ||
| A chemical process that lyses, or splits, molecules by the addition of water; an essential process in digestion. | ||
| A polymer (polynucleotide) consisting of many nucleotide monomers; serves as a blueprint for proteins and, through the actions of proteins, for all cellular activities. The two major types are DNA and RNA. | ||
| monomer of nucleic acids made up of a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base |  | |
| an organic compound that is made of one or more chains of amino acids and that is a principal component of all cells | ||
| basic building blocks of protein molecules |  | |
| covalent bond formed between amino acids | ||
| the part of an enzyme or antibody where the chemical reaction occurs; where substrate attaches to enzyme |
