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Chapter 3.2 vocab

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Definition
carbohydrate   any organic compound that is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and that provides nutrients to the cells of living things  
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monosaccharide   a simple sugar that is the basic subunit, or monomer, of a carbohydrate  
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disaccharide   a sugar formed from two monosaccharides  
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polysaccharide   on of the carbohydrates made up of long chains of sugars  
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protein   an organic compound that is made up of one or more chains of amino acids and that is used to treat diseases such as AIDS  
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amino acid   an organic molecule that contains a carboxyl and an amino acid group and that makes up proteins  
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peptide bond   the chemical bond that forms between the carboxyl group of one amino acid and the amino group of 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 reactions in plants and animals without being permanently changed or destoyed  
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substrate   a part, substance, or element that lies beneath and supports another part, substance, or element  
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active site   the site on an enzyme that attaches to a substrate  
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lipid   a large, nonpolar organic molecule, including fats and 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 oil  
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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 water between the atmosphere, the land, and the oceans  
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steroid   a type of lipid that consists of four carbon rings to which various functional groups are attached and that usually has a physiological action  
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nucleic acid   an organic compound, either RNA or DNA, whose molecules are made up of one or two chains of nucleotides and carry genetic information  
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deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)   the material that contains the 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   in a nucleic-acid chain, a subunit that consists of a sugar, a phosphate, and nitrogenous base  
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