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8922169349Metabolism =chemical reactions that take place within living organism0
8922169350Anabolism =synthesis rxns to make macromolecules, require energy1
8922169351Catabolism =breakdown rxns, release energy2
8922169357glucose broken down byrespiration or fermentation by glycolisis3
8922169377Anabolic reactions involving amino acids include-Protein synthesis- amino acids strung together to form polypeptide chain4
8922187473metabolic pathawayseries of reactions in which product of one reaction is substrate for next5
8922193510four basic macromolecules produce by anabolic reactionscarbohydrates (polysaccharides), nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids6
8922197059four basic macromolecules involved in catabolic reactionsmonosaccharides (glucose), amino acids, fatty acieds (i.e glycerol) and nucleotides7
8922218677Fatty acidslong chains that are oxidized to acetyl-CoA8
8922221960amino acidsbuilding blocks of proteins9
8922224547proteinmade up of amino acids that are linked together into a polypeptide chaing that folds into a particlue structure10
8922226472peptide connectinsresult of condensation reactions11
8922227268primary structureamino acid sequence12
8922228015secondary structureconsists of sub-structures of alpha helices and beta sheets13
8922229845alpha helices14
8922231383beta sheets15
8922233247tertiary structureinteraction between different elements of secondary structure to form a folded geometric shape16
8922236811quartenary structureinteraction of one or more folded polypeptide chains to form multi-sub unit protein17
8922238096chemiosmosisprocess by which energy is made available for ADP to form ATP18
8922248723lipidmolecule that is hydrophobic or amphiphilic energy storage and structural functions ex. fats, triglycerides, steroids and waxes19
8922252033Fatslong chains of fatty acids (three fatty acids bound to glycerol20
8922254391fatty acidchains with reduced carbon at one end and carboxylic acid group at the other21
8922260897glyceridesformed from fatty acids and glycerol (type of alcohol)22

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