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SLS Bio12 Biomolecules (C.Chan)

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acid   a substance that can react with a base to make a salt.  
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adenosine triphosphate   a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions  
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amino acid   an organic compound, and it serves as a building block for proteins.  
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base   a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids  
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buffer   an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH  
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carbohydrate   a compound of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen that is a major source of energy for animals  
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complementary base pairing   describes the manner in which the nitrogenous bases of the DNA molecules align with each other  
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dehydration synthesis   The monomers combine with each other via covalent bonds to form larger molecules known as polymers. In doing so, monomers release water molecules as byproducts.  
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deoxyribonucleic acid   a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information  
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dipeptide   one molecule, which consists of 2 amino acids that are joined by a single peptide bond  
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disaccharide   A disaccharide is a sugar composed of two monosaccharides. It is formed when two sugars are joined together and a molecule of water is removed.  
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double helix   the structure formed by double-stranded molecules of nucleic acids such as DNA  
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hemoglobin   the protein molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues and returns carbon dioxide from the tissues back to the lungs  
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hydrogen bonding   electrostatic attraction between polar molecules that occurs when a hydrogen (H) atom bound to a highly electronegative atom  
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hydrolysis   a reaction involving the breaking of a bond in a molecule using water  
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lipid   molecules that contain hydrocarbons and make up the building blocks of the structure and function of living cells e.g. fats, oils, waxes, certain vitamins, hormones  
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monomer   a molecule that may bind chemically to other molecules to form a polymer  
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monosaccharide   one sugar, the simplest form of carbohydrates  
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neutral fat   uncharged fat produced by the dehydration synthesis of one or more fatty acids with an alcohol like glycerol  
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nucleic acids   organic molecules that allow organisms to transfer genetic information from one generation to the next.  
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nucleotide   organic molecules that serve as the monomers, or subunits, of nucleic acids like DNA and RNA  
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organic   of, relating to, or denoting compounds containing carbon  
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peptide bond   a covalent chemical bond formed between two amino acid molecules.  
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pH   a numeric scale used to specify the acidity or alkalinity of an aqueous solution, concentration of H+  
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phospholipid   a class of lipids that are a major component of all cell membranes, structure generally consists of two hydrophobic fatty acid "tails" and a hydrophilic "head"  
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polarity   how equally bonding electrons are shared between atoms  
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polymer   a large molecule, or macromolecule, composed of many repeated subunits  
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polypeptide   chains of amino acids  
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polysaccharide   polymeric carbohydrate molecule composed of long chains of monosaccharide units bound together  
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primary structure   linear sequence of amino acids and the location of any disulfide (-S-S-) bridges  
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protein   large biomolecules, or macromolecules, consisting of one or more long chains of amino acid residues.  
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quaternary structure   the number and arrangement of multiple folded protein subunits in a multi-subunit complex  
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r-group   An abbreviation for any group in which a carbon or hydrogen atom is attached to the rest of the molecule  
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ribonucleic acid   a polymeric molecule implicated in various biological roles in coding, decoding, regulation, and expression of genes  
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saturated fatty acid   no double bonds between the individual carbon atoms of the fatty acid chain. That is, the chain of carbon atoms is fully "saturated" with hydrogen atoms.  
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secondary structure   alpha-helix  
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solvent   a substance that dissolves a solute, resulting in a solution  
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starch   a carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds, produced by plants  
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steroid   A group of molecules that includes cholesterol  
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tertiary structure   protein's geometric shape, a single polypeptide chain "backbone" with one or more protein secondary structures, the protein domains  
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unsaturated fatty acid   there is at least one double bond within the fatty acid chain  
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nitrogen base   a nitrogen containing molecule that has the same chemical properties as a base  
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