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Biochemistry
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| carbohydrates | organic compounds that are the main source of energy for bodyand made of simple sugars |
| Nucleic | organic subtances found in organims. they are made of nucleotides |
| Hydrolysis | breaking something down with water. |
| Dehydration | putting something together by removing the water. |
| Inornic compounds | compound having EiTHER carbon otr hydrogen |
| Organic compounds | compounds having both carbon and hydrogen. |
| Enzymes | organic molecules that contro the rate/speed of chemical reaction |
| Lipds | organic molescules that can't be dissolved in water . they are made of glycerol and fatty acids |
| proteins | organic molescules that are needed for growth are repair and made of chains of amini acids |
| amino acids subunits or building blocks of protein | subunits or building blocks of protein |
| peptide | molecule composed of two or more amino acids in a chain |
| catalyst | compound that speed up or slwos dwo chemical reaction |
| denature | changing the shape of the enzyme |
| Dna hereditary material in the nucleus of almost every cell | hereditary material in the nucleus of almost every cell |
| Rna | nucleic acid that assit dna in making protein |
| monomer | molecules that make pu subunit of a polymer |
| ploymer | macromolecule big made up of many monomers |
| Glygogen | molecule in which glucose is stored in the liver |