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Basic Biochem III
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| organic | means something has carbon in it |
| polymers | large compound formed from many monomers |
| monomer | small unit that can join together with other small units to form polymers |
| polymerization | the process of forming macromolecules |
| macromolecules | giant molecules |
| carbohydrates | macromolecules used as plants' and some animals' main source of energy. |
| monosaccharides | single sugar molecules |
| polysaccharides | large macromolecules formed from monosaccharides |
| lipids | macromolecules that are used to store energy and can be important parts of biological membranes |
| saturated | means that the fatty acids contain the maximum possible number of hydrogen atoms |
| unsaturated | means that there is at least one carbon-carbon double bond in a fatty acid |
| polyunsaturated | means that there is more than one double bond |
| nucleic acids | macromolecules containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus |
| nucleotides | monomers of nucleic acids |
| DNA and RNA | the two types of nucleic acids |
| proteins | macromolecules that contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen |
| amino acids | monomers of proteins |