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AP Bio Chapter 5

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Macromolecule   A molecule weighing over 100,000 daltons  
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Polymer   A long molecule consisting of many identical or similar building blocks linked by covalent bonds  
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Monomers   The repeating units that serve as the building blocks of polymers  
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Condensation Reaction   Monomers connected through a reaction in which two molecules are covalently bonded to each other through the loss of a water molecule  
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Dehydration Reaction   A specific type of condesation reaction because the molecule lost is water  
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Hydrolysis   The reverse process of a dehydration reaction  
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Monosaccharides   Generally have molecular formulas that are some multiple of CH2O  
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Disaccharide   Two molecules joined by a glycosidic linkage  
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Glycosidic Linkage   A covalent bond formed between two monsaccharides by a dehydration reaction  
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Polysaccharides   Macromolecules, polymers with a few hundred to a few thousand monosaccharides joined by glycosidic linkages  
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Starch   A storage polysaccharide of plants  
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Cellulose   A polysaccharide that is a major component in the tough walls that enclose plants  
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Chitin   A polysaccharide used by arthropods (insects, spiders, crustaceans, and related animals) to build their exoskeleton  
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Fat   Constructed from two kinds of smaller molecules: glycerol and fatty acids  
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Fatty Acid   Has a long carbon skeleton, usually 16 to 18 carbon atoms in length with a carboxyl group at the "head."  
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Triacylglycerol   Three fatty acids linked to one glycerol molecule  
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Saturated Fatty Acid   No double bonds in a fatty acid  
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Unsaturated Fatty Acid   Double bonds exist in a fatty acid  
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Phospholipids   Similar to fats, but have only two fatty acids instead of three  
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Steroids   Lipids characterized by a carbon skeleton consisting of four fused rings  
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Cholesterol   A common component of animal cell membranes and also a precursor from which other steroids are synthesized  
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Conformation   Each protein has it's own unique three-dimensional shape  
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Polypeptides   Polymers of amino acids  
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Amino Acids   Organic molecules containing both carboxyl and amino groups  
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Peptide Bond   Joining of amino acids through dehydration reaction of their carboxyl groups  
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Primary Structure   A protein's unique sequence of amino acids  
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Secondary Structure   Coils or folds in a polypeptide chain  
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Alpha Helix   A delicate coil held together by hydrogen bonding between every fourth amino acid  
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Pleated Sheet   Two regions of the polypeptide chain lie parallel to each other  
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Tertiary Structure   Irregular contortions from bonding between side chains of the various amino acids  
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Hydrophobic Interaction   Amino acids may tend to congregate towards the core of the molecule, away from water  
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Disulfide Bridges   When two cysteine monomers (amino acids with sulfhydral groups on their side chains) are brought close together by the folding of the protein  
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Quarternary Structure   The overall protein structure that results from the aggregation of polypeptide subunits  
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Denaturation   If a protein loses its native conformation  
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Chaperone Proteins   Molecules that function as temporary braces assisting the folding of other proteins  
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Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)   Enables living organisms to reproduce their complex components from one generation to the next. Also directs RNA synthesis  
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Ribonucleic Acid (RNA)   Controls protein synthesis  
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Nucleotide   Composed of: an organic molecule called a nitrogenous base, a pentose (five-carbon sugar), and a phosphate group  
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Pyrimidine   A nitrogenous base with a six-membered ring of carbon and nitrogen atoms  
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Purine   A nitrogenous base with a six-membered ring fused to a five-membered ring  
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Ribose   The pentose in nucleotides of RNA  
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Deoxyribose   The pentose in nucleotides of DNA  
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Polynucleotide   A nucleic acid polymer  
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Double Helix   The shape taken on by the two polynucleotides in DNA  
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