biochemistry vocab
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| organic compound | any of a large class of chemical compound
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| inorganic compound | any compound that is not organic compound
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| carbohydrates | any of a large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues
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| proteins | ny of a class of nitrogenous organic compounds that consist of large molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids
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| lipids | any of a class of organic compounds that are fatty acids
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| enzymes | a substance produced by a living organism that acts as a catalyst
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| amino acids | a simple organic compound containing both a carboxyl
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| simple sugars | made up of single sugar molecules.
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| disaccharide | any of a class of sugars whose molecules contain two monosaccharide residues.
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| ribonucleic acid | RNA
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| deoxyribonucleic | DNA
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| polysaccharide | a carbohydrate whose molecules consist of a number of sugar molecules bonded together.
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| glycogen | a substance deposited in bodily tissues as a store of carbohydrates.
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| peptide | a compound consisting of two or more amino acids linked in a chain,
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| catalyst | a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without itself undergoing any permanent chemical change.
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| denature | take away or alter the natural qualities of.
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| hydrolisis | the chemical breakdown of a compound due to reaction with water.
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| dehydration synthesis | to put together while losing water.
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| substrates | a substance or layer that underlies something
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| nucleotides | a compound consisting of a nucleoside linked to a phosphate group
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| fatty acids and glycerol | building blocks
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| dipeptide | a peptide composed of two amino-acid residues
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| coenzyme | a nonprotein compound that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme.
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| macromolecules. | a molecule containing a very large number of atoms, such as a protein, nucleic acid
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