Biomolecules Flashcards
Aromatic aa
Tryptophan phenylalanine tyrosine
Pigments as 2° metabolites
Carotenoids, anthocyanin
Alkaloids
Morphine, codeine
Terpenoids
Monoterpenes, di terpenes
Essential oils
Lemon grass oil
Toxins
Abrin ricin
Lectins
Concavalin A
Drugs
Vinblastin curcumin
Polymeric substances
Rubber, gums, cellulose
Size of micromolecules
18 - 800 (<1000 dalton )
Acid insoluble pool
Proteins nuclei acids, #lipids, poly saccharides
composition of water, proteins,
70 - 90 %, 10 - 15.%
Nuclei acids, ions
5 -7%, 1%
Carbohydrate s lipids %
3%, 2%
Collagen function
Intercellular ground substance
Trypsin function
Enzyme
Insulin function
Hormone
Antibody
Protection
Receptors function
Sensory reception
GLUT-4
Enables glucose transport into cells
Most abundant protein in animal world
Collagen
Most abundant protein in whole biosphere
Rubisco
Cellulose is a
Polymeric, polysaccharide,
Cellulose is a homopolymer
Of glucose
Cellulose variants in plants and animals
Starch, glycogen
Insulin is a polymer of
Fructose
In a polysaccharide chain; the right end is
Reducing
Non reducing
Heft end of polysaccharide chain
There are more complex polysaccharides in nature -true or false
True
Building blocks of complex polysaccharides
Amino sugars, chemically modified sugars
Eg of complex building blocks of polysaccharides
Glucosamine ,NAG
Building blocks of nucleic acids
Nucleotide
Heterocyclic structure of nucleic acids
Purines, pyrimidines
Proteins are
Heteropolymers containing strings of aa