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Biochemistry
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |