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Biochemistry
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Term | Definition |
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HYDROLYSIS | 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. |
NUCLEIC ACIDS | organic subtances found in organic.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. |
CATALYST | Compound that speed up or slows down chemical reaction. |
DENATURE | Changing the shepe of the enzyme. |
DNA | Hereditary material in the nucleus of almost every cell. |
RNA | Nucleic acid that assist DNA in making protein. |
MONOMER | Molecule that makes up the subunit of a polymer(Ex: glucose + glucose) |
POLYMER | macromolecule (BIG) made ups of many monomers. |
GLYCOGEN | Molecule in which glucose is stored in the liver. |