Vocab 3.2
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Carbohydrate | Any organic compound that is made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and that provides nutrient to the cells of living things
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Monosaccharide | A simple sugar that is the basic subunit, or monometer, of a carbohydrate
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Disaccharide | A sugar formed from two monosaccharaides
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Polysaccharide | One of the poyhydrates made up of long chains of simple sugars; includes starch, cellulose, and gycogen
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Protein | An organic compound that is made of one or more chains of amino acids and that is a principal component of all cells
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Amino Acid | An organic molecule that contains a carboxyl and an amino group and make up proteins, a protein monometer
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Peptide Bond | The chemical bond that forms between the carboxyl group of one amino and another amino acid
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Polypeptide | A long chain of several amino acids
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Enzyme | A type of protein or RNA molecule that speeds up metabolic reaction in plants and animals without being permanently changes
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Substrate | A part, substance, or element that lies beneath and supports another art, substance or element, the reactant in reactions catalyzed by enzymes
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Active Site | The site of an enzyme that attaches to a substrate
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Lipid | A large nonpolar organic molecule, including fats or steroids; lipids store energy and make up cell membranes
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Fatty Acid | An organic acid that is contained in lipids, such as fats or oils
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Phospholipid | A lipid that contains phosphorus and that is a structural component in cell membranes
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Wax | A type of structural lipid consisting of a long fatty-acid chain that is joined by a long alcohol chain
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Steroid | A type of lipid that consists of four carbon rings to which various function groups are attached and that usually has a physiological action
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Nucleic acid |
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Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA | The material that contains information that determines inherited characteristics
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Ribonucleic acid RNA | A natural polymer that is present in all living cells and that plays a role in protein synthesis
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nucleotide | A nucleic-acid chain, a subunit that consists of sugar, a phosphate and a nitrogenous base.
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