Bio Flashcards
Primary Structure
Amino Acids making up the polypeptide chain.
Secondary Structure
alpha helix and beta fold making up polypeptide backbone.
Tertiary Structure
entire polypeptide chain linked by amino acids, 3d shape
Quaternary Structure
3d arrangement, more than 1 polypeptide chain.
ELEMENT carbohydrate
CHO
ELEMENT lipids
CHO
ELEMENT proteins
CHON
ELEMENT nucleic acids
CHONP
MONOMER carbohydrates
sugar/monosaccharide
POLYMER carbohydrates
polysaccharide
MONOMER Lipids
glycerol and fatty acid
MONOMER protein
amino acid
POLYMER protein
Polypeptide chain
MONOMER Nucleic Acid
nucleotide
POLYMER Nucleic Acid
Nucleic Acid- makes DNA & RNA
Main Function of carbohydrates
fast energy
main function of lipids
long energy, cell membrane structure
main function of proteins
everything
main functions of nucleic acids
storing and transmitting dna
example of carbohydrates
sugar/starch
example of lipids
fats
example of protein
enzyme
example of nucleic acid
dna and rna
DNA
double strand, deoxyribose, one less O, thymine,
ATCG