5. From Molecules to Macromolecules Flashcards
Small organic ____ form building blocks for ____.
Monomers, macromolecules
____ are linked by ____ bonds to form long chains of repeating units.
Monomers, covalent
Fatty acids are reactive due to the presence of ____ group, which is hydro____.
carboxylic acid, philic
Fatty acids also have long unbranched hydrocarbon chain which is hydro ____. Thus it is chemically ____ (2 words).
phobic, not reactive
Difference between saturated and unsaturated fatty acid. Unsaturated fatty acids has ____ (3 words) carbon-carbon ____ (2 words).
one or more, double bonds
Unsaturated fatty acids are usually ____ (cis/trans)
cis
Triglycerol molecules / simple lipids made up of ____ + ____ (number) ____ (2 words).
glycerol, 3, fatty acids
Simple lipids can be ____.
hydrolysed
Phospholipids have ____ (number) ionised ____ group and 2 ____ (property) tails.
one, phosphate, hydrophobic
Phospolipids is one of the three major kind of ____ (2 words) lipids.
cell membrane
Phospholipids aggregate in a lipid ____.
bilayer
Within the lipid bilayer, there is ____ (3 words) between lipid molecules.
no covalent bond
What is the structure of nucleotide? ____ -____ -____ .
Phosphate, sugar, base
The different between ribose and deoxyribose is: ribose have ____ group in RNA while deoxyribose have ____ group in DNA.
OH, H
The base pair structure of DNA is ____-____-____-____ , compared to RNA which is ____-____-____-____.
ATGC, AUGC
____ (2 words) is formed from condensation reaction.
Phosphodiester bond
