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Macromolecules
Question | Answer |
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Macromolecules | very large molecules with molecular masses as high as several million atomic mass units |
Polysaccharides | Polymers of simple sugars |
Monosaccharides | simple sugars |
Fats | fatty acids, glycerol, and an organic phosphate |
Proteins | polymers of amino acids |
Cellulose | found in all plants |
Triglycerides | all are non-polar energy storage |
Phospholipid | structure |
Polypeptide | a chain of amino acid |
Primary structure | the sequence of amino acids |
Secondary structure | the three dimensional arrangement of the backbone atoms in a small region of a protein |
Tertiary Structure | the three- dimensional structure of a complete polypeptide chain |
Quaternary structure | the three dimensional arrangement of subunits in proteins with more than one polypeptide chain |
Three macromolecules | polysaccharides fats proteins |
Energy | polysaccharides fats proteins |
Structure | polysaccharides fats |
Transport | proteins |
Macromolecules used for energy | starch glycogen triglycerides |
Macromolecules used for structure | cellulose chitin phospholipids alpha-keratin collagen |
Macromolecules used for transport | hemoglobin Glucose transporter |