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Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Glucose
  - - - Starch
        
        Definition: Storage polysaccharide in plants
      - Glycogen
        
        Definition: Storage polysaccharide in animals
      - Cellulose
        
        Definition: Structural polysaccharide in plants
        
        Insoluble fiber
        
        Definition: Fiber that does not dissolve in water
      - Chitin
        
        Definition: Structural polysaccharide in arthropods and fungi
- - - - Definition: Three fatty acids attached to glycerol by ester linkage
  - - - Definition: Three-carbon alcohol with hydroxyl groups attached to each carbon
    - - Definition: Carboxyl group attached to a long carbon skeleton
      - Unsaturated fat
        
        Definition: One or more double bonds, liquid at room temp
      - Saturated fat
        
        Definition: Maximum number of hydrogen bonds, no double bonds, solid at room temp
    - - Definition: Two fatty acids and phosphate group attached to glycerol; The fatty acid tails are hydrophobic, the phosphate group and its attachments are hydrophilic
- - - - Dehydration Reaction
        
        Definition: Two monomers bond together by the breaking of a water molecule
      - Hydrolysis
        
        Definition: Polymers break apart by gaining a water molecule
- - - - Pyrimidine
        
        Cytosine, Thymine, Uracil
      - Purine
        
        Adenine, Guanine
  - - - Double helix
      - Palindromic Sequence
        
        Definition: The sequence on one strand of DNA matches the sequence on a complementary strand
    - - Protein synthesis
        
        Transcription
        
        Definition: DNA is converted into mRNA by RNA polymerases
        
        Translation
        
        Definition: mRNA is decoded in a ribosome to make a polypeptide
        
        Definition: Process where cells build proteins for growth, function and repair