Biology Flashcards
Macromolecule
Large biological molecules such as a protein polysaccharide or nucleic acid
Monomer
Simple molecules used as a basic building blocks of the synthesis of a polymer usually joined by condensation reactions
Polymer
Try molecule made from similar repeating subunits join together in a chain
Maltose
A glucose times two
sucrose
Alpha glucose and beta fructose
Transport sugar in plants
Common shop sugar
lactose
Glucose and galactose
Sugar In milk important for babies
Polysaccharides
Are not sugars
Glucose in cells
Implants stored as starts and glycogen and animals as if it accumulated in sells it would dissolve and make the contents of the cell to concentrated seriously affecting osmosis reactive molecule
Storage polysaccharides
Convenient compact inert an insoluble
Starch
Amylose and amylopectin
Amylose
Condensation reaction between alpha glucose molecules bonds between carbon one and carbon for curve chains and helical structures
amylopectin
One and four linked alpha glucose molecules shorter change then analyse and branch out to the side branches form one and six linkages
Glycogen
Chains of one and four link alpha glucose with 16 linkages forming branches more branched than amylopectin glycogen molecules clumped together to form granules
Celulose
Structural roll mechanically strong polymer of beta glucose to form a glycosidic bond one molecule must be rotated 180° to make 0H group next to each other the phone glycocin it bond
Why are Celulose stronger
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Cellulose function
In cell walls several layers of fivers running in different directions to increase strength Celulose makes up 20 to 40% of the average so other molecules help to Crossling fivers acting like a glue. Celulose has high tensile strength similar to steal very difficult to stretch a break can withstand large pressures as a result of osmosis help provide support the plant by making tissues rigid and responsible to sell expansion during growth arrangement if I was determined shape of the cell free permeable
Lipids
Group of chemicals all organic molecules insoluble in water that’s a solid at room temperature oils a liquid at room temperature. Monomers are fatty acids and glycerol
Unsaturated lipids
Do not contain maximum possible amount of hydrogen double bonds by fatty acids are lipids melt more easily most oils unsaturated if more than one double bond it’s known as polyunsaturated if only one it’s mono unsaturatedanimal lipids often saturated and occurs fats the plant that is often unsaturated and occur is oil such as Oliver and flower oil
Bonding and lipids
The reaction between an acid in an alcohol produce a chemical known as an ester the chemical link between acid and alcohol is an ester bond
Three form in a condensation reaction releasing three H2O
Triglycerides
Most common letters lipids three hydroxyl group’s each undergo a condensation reaction with a fatty acid forming three Ester bonds
Roles of triglycerides
Energy reserves as rich and carbon hydrogen bonds even richer than carbohydrates and will yield more energy on oxidation in the same massive carbohydrate has a high calorie van you advantage of free storage product stored in many places in human body acts as an insulator lobby in Wales sort of buoyancy antimetabolic source of water when oxidising respiration converted to carbon dioxide and water
Proteins
Made up of amino acid’s have a central carbon atom bonded to an amine group NH2 and carboxylic acid group C00H that component always bonded to the carbon atom is called the R group there are 20 different kinds in the proteins of living organisms all with different r groups
How do amino acid’s join
One losers a hydroxyl group from its carboxylic acid and the adjacent leases the hydrogen atom from its amine group forming a peptide bond and water
Carbon atom bonds with nitrogen atom of the second
Went to amino acid’s join
A dipeptide forms any number of amino acid can be added to the chain in a series of condensation reactions I’m on if you’re made of many amino acids linked together by peptide bonds. Is called a only peptide a macromolecule a complete protein molecule may contain one polypeptide chain will have two more interacting with each other