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Biochemisry
Term | Definition |
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Mono | one |
Di | two |
Poly | many |
De | to remove/take away |
Ose | sugar |
Ase | enyme |
Saccharide | sugar |
Hydro/A | water |
Dehydrate | to remove water |
Lysis | to "break" down |
Synthesis | to build or put together |
Glyco | sweet |
Hyrdrolysis | breaking something down with water |
Dehydration synthesis | putting something together by removing the water |
Inorganic compounds | compounds having EITHER carbon OR hydrogen |
Organic compounds | compounds having BOTH carbon AND hydrogen |
Lipids (fats) | organic molecules that can't be dissolved in water. They are made of glycerol & fatty acids |
Proteins | organic molecules that are needed for growth and repair &are made of chains of amino acids |
Carbohydrates | organic compounds that are the main source of energy for body &made of simple sugars |
Nucleic Acids | organic substances found in organisms. they are made of nucleotides |
Amino acids | subunits or building blocks of protein |
Peptide | molecule composed of two or more amino acids in a chain |
Enzymes | organic molecules that control the rate/speed of chemical reactions |
Catalysts | compound that speeds up or slows down chemical reaction |
Denature | changing the shape of the enzyme |
DNA | hereditary material in the nucleus of almost every cell |
RNA | nucleic acids that assist DNA in making protein |
Monomer | molecule that makes up the subunit of a polymer (Ex; glucose +glucose) |