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| 484306541 | lipid | hydrophobic molecule | |
| 484306542 | lipid | does not form polymers | |
| 484306543 | lipids | consist mostly of hydrocarbons, with nonpolar covalent bonds | |
| 484306544 | fats | glycerol and fatty acids | |
| 484306545 | fatty acid | carboxyl group attached to long carbon skeleton | |
| 484306546 | ester linkage | bond joins fatty acid to glycerol | |
| 484306547 | saturated fatty acid | no double bonds, maximum number of hydrogen atoms | |
| 484306548 | unsaturated fatty acids | one or more double bonds | |
| 484306549 | saturated fatty acid | packed closely together, solid at room temp | |
| 484306550 | unsaturated fatty acid | liquid at room temperature | |
| 484306551 | unsaturated fatty acid | bent shape | |
| 484306552 | hydrogenation | process of converting unsaturated fats to saturated fats by adding hydrogen | |
| 484306553 | energy storage | major function of fats | |
| 484306554 | phospholipid | two fatty acids and a phosphate group attached to glycerol | |
| 484306555 | hydrophobic | two tails of phospholipids are... | |
| 484306556 | hydrophillic | head of phospholipid is... | |
| 484306557 | steroids | lipids characterized by a carbon skeleton of four fused rings | |
| 484306558 | cholersterol | important steroid | |
| 484306559 | enzyme | protein that acts as a catalyst to speeding up chemical reactions | |
| 484306560 | 20 | number of amino acids | |
| 484306561 | polypeptides | unbranched polymers built from amino acids | |
| 484306562 | protein | molecule that consists of one or more polypeptides | |
| 484306563 | amino acids | organic molecules with carboxyl and amino group | |
| 484306564 | peptide bonds | amino acids linked by.. | |
| 484306565 | C-terminus | carboxyl end of polypeptide | |
| 484306566 | N-terminus | amino end of polypeptide | |
| 484306567 | primary structure | protein structure-unique sequence of amino acids (peptide bonds) | |
| 484306568 | secondary structure | coils and folds in polypeptide change (hydrogen bonds) | |
| 484306569 | tertiary structure | interactions among various side chains (sulfur bridges) | |
| 484306570 | quarternary structure | protein with multiple polypeptide chains | |
| 484306571 | collagen | fibrous protein consisting of three polypeptide coiled like a rope | |
| 484306572 | hemoglobin | four polypeptides: two alpha nd two bet chains | |
| 484306573 | sickle-cell disease | results from single amino acid substitution | |
| 484306574 | denaturation | loss of protein's native structure | |
| 484306575 | chaperonin | protein molecules that assist in proper folding of other proteins | |
| 484306576 | X-ray crystallography | determines protein structure | |
| 484306577 | gene | unit of inheritance | |
| 484306578 | DNA | nucleic acid made of nucleotides | |
| 484306579 | DNA, RNA | two types of nucleic acid | |
| 484306580 | nucleic acid | polymers called polynucleotides | |
| 484306581 | nucleotide | monomer of polynucleotide | |
| 484306582 | nitrogenous base, pentose sugar, phosphate group | three parts of a nucleotide | |
| 484306583 | cytosine, thymine, uracil | pyrimidines | |
| 484306584 | adenine, guanine | purine | |
| 484306585 | deoxyribose | sugar in DNA | |
| 484306586 | ribose | sugar in RNA | |
| 484306587 | H-OH | DNA-RNA | |
| 484306588 | monosaccharide | monomer of sugar | |
| 484306589 | polysaccharide | polymer of sugar | |
| 484306590 | glycosidic linkage | linkage in sugar | |
| 484306591 | fatty acid | monomer of lipid | |
| 484306592 | triacylglyceride | polymer of lipid | |
| 484306593 | ester linkage | linkage in lipids | |
| 484306594 | amino acid | monomer in protein | |
| 484306595 | polypeptides | polymer in protein | |
| 484306596 | peptide bonds | linkage in protein | |
| 484306597 | nuceotide | monomer in nucleic acid | |
| 484306598 | polynucleotide | polymer in nucleic acid | |
| 484306599 | phospodiester linkage | linkage in nucleic acid | |
| 484306600 | macromolecule | large molecules composed of many covalently linked atoms | |
| 484306601 | dehydration reaction | two monomer bond together | |
| 484306602 | dehydration reaction | loss of water molecule | |
| 484306603 | enzyme | speed up dehydration process | |
| 484306604 | hydrolysis | polymers disassembled | |
| 484306605 | hydrolysis | adds water | |
| 484306606 | bonds broken | by addition of water molecules... | |
| 484306607 | carbohydrates | sugars and polymers of sugars | |
| 484306608 | simplest carbohydrates | monosaccharides | |
| 484306609 | monosaccharide | one oxygen (carbonyl group) | |
| 484306610 | cellulose | most abundant organic compound on earth |
