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BIOMOLECULES - Coggle Diagram
BIOMOLECULES
CARBOHYDRATES
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Polysaccharides->
macromolecules
polymers composed of many sugar building blocks, joined together by dehydration reactions
macromolecules with 100 --> 1,000+ joined by glycosidic linkages
Serves as storage material hydrolyzed as needed to provide sugar for cells or organisms
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hexoses: 6 or more carbons in glucose, fructose, or other sugars
NUCLEIC ACIDS
Two types of nucleic acids = DNA and RNA (enable living organisms to pass their complex components from one generation to the next.
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) --> provides information for its own replication. Also directs RNA to replicate. It is genetic material that organisms inherit from their parents and is made up of chromosomes.
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RNA (ribonucleic acid) --> single polypeptide chain that can complete a complimentary pairing with another RNA molecule.
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Function: Store, replicate, and transmit/pass down genetic material
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PROTEINS
Function --> defense, storage, transport, cellular communication, movement, or structural support
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Made up of 20 amino acids that are linked to unbranched polymers
The bond between amino acids is a peptide bond therefore a polymer of an amino acid is called a polypeptide
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a biologically functional molecule that is coiled and folded of on or more polypeptides (forms a three dimensional structure)
Amino Acids:
organic molecule that consists of an amino group and carboxyl group with a center of an alpha carbon
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LIPIDS
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Transfats
unsaturated fat that becomes saturated by adding hydrogen, allowing the fat to solidify
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