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Biomacromolecules
Question | Answer |
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In cells smaller organic molecules are joined together to form larger molecules. What are these called? | Macromolecules. They may consist of thousand of bonded atoms. |
What are the four major classes of Macromolecules? | Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins and Nucleic Acids. |
Most Macromolecules are .....? | Polymers (built up from monomers) |
What is a polymer? | A long molecule made up from many similar or identical building blocks (monomers). |