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Ch. 3-2
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| organic compound composed in a ratio of 1 carbon atom to 2 hydrogen atoms to 1 oxygen atom | carbohydrate |
| monomer of a carbohydrate | monosaccharide |
| 2 monosaccharides combine in a condensatation reaction to form a double sugar | disaccharide |
| complex molecule commposed of 3 or more monosaccharides | polysaccharide |
| organic compound mainly composed of H, O, N, C | protein |
| linkage of monomers | amino acid |
| 2 amino acids form a covalent bond | peptide bond |
| very long chains of amino acids | polypeptide |
| RNA or protein molecules that act as biological ctalysist | enzyme |
| reactant being catalyisied | substrate |
| folds in an enzyme | active site |
| large nonpolar organic molecules | lipid |
| unbranched carbon chains that make up most lipds | fatty acid |
| have 2 (not three) fatty acids attached to a molecule of glycerol | phospholipid |
| structural lipid consisting of a long fatty acid chain joined to a long alcohol chain | wax |
| composed of 4 fused carbon rings with various functional groups attached to them | steroid |
| large complex organic compound that store and transfer important info in the cell | nucleic acid |
| contains info that determains the charecteristics of an organism and directs its cells activities | DNA |
| stores and transfers info from DNA that is essienstial for the manufactorying of proteins | RNA |
| made of a phosphate group, 5 cabon sugar and a ring shaped nitrogenous base | nucleotide |