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Biochesmistry

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Definition
Hydrolysis   Break something down with water.  
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Dehydration synthesis   Putting something together by removing the water.  
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Inorganic compounds   Compounds having either carbon or hydrogen.  
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Organic compunds   Compunds having both carbon and hydrogen.  
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Lipids   organic molecules that can't be dissolved in water. They are made of glycerol & fatty acids.  
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Protein   Organic molecules that are needed for growth and repair & are made of chains of amino acids.  
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Carbohydrates   Organic compounds that are the main source of energy for body & made of simple sugars.  
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Nucleic acids   Organic substances found on organisms. They are made of nucleotides.  
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Amino acids   Subunits or building blocks of proteins.  
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Peptide   Molecule composed of two or more amino acids in a chain.  
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Enzymes   Organic molecules that control the rate/speed of chemical reactions.  
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Catalyst   Compund that speeds up or slow down chemical reaction.  
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Denature   Changing the shaped of the enzyme.  
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DNA   Hereditary material in the nucleous of almost every cell  
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RNA   Nucleic acid that assit DNA in making protein.  
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Monomer   Molecule that makes up the subunit of a polymer (EX: glucose+glucose)  
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Polymer   Macromolecule (BIG) made up of many monomers.  
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Glycogen   Molecule in which glucose is stored in the liver.  
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