1. LEC Flashcards
It is the field of the biology focusing on composition, structure, and interactions of cellular molecules
Molecular Biology
Emphasis is given to proteins and nucleic acids as both are essential for cellular function and maintenance
Molecular Biology
They are polyhydroxy aldehydes or ketones or substances the yield such compounds on hydrolysis
Carbohydrates
3 major types of classes of carbohydrates
Monosaccharides
Oligosaccharides
Polysaccharides
Composed of one carbohydrates
Monosaccharides
Composed of more than two carbohydrates
Oligosaccharides
Composed of hundreds or thousands of monomers carbohydrates
Polysaccharides
Carbohydrates monomer, most abundant biomolecule on earth
Glycans
one of the product of glycogen
Glucose 6 Phosphate
Main energy source of the cell
Glucose
First step in glycolysis
Glucose
Animals store their energy as
Glycogen
Plants store their energy as
Starch
Energy reserves
Starch and Glycogen
Carbohydrates can be used as support for
cellulose and lining in plants
chitin in fungi and insects
peptidoglycan in some bacteria and algae
glycosaminoglycans in the extracellular matrix
Slime and mucous primary components
carbohydrates
carbohydrates can be covalently bond to _______ and remain at the surface of the cell
protein and lipids
Glycoproteins can be used to
Identify different cells
Example of glycoproteins as cell differentiation
ABO blood system
Biologically diverse in their form specific to their function, but they have insolubility in water as a common characteristic
Lipids
Types of lipids
Storage lipids
Structural lipids
Lipids as signals
Cofactors and Pigments
Lipids that is made up of fats and oils used as energy
Fatty acid derivatives
Fatty acids are _____derivatives
Hydrocarbon derivatives
Are fatty acids esters of glycerol that works as insulation
Triacylglycerols
White spaces are products of
Triacyglycerols