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Enzyme

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Compound usually a protein that speeds a rxn wout being changed by it

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Condensation

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Process by which enzymes build large molecules from smaller subunits. Water also forms

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Functional group

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A group of atoms bonded to a carbon of an organic compound imparts a specific chem propert

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Hydrocarbon

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Compound or region of one that consists only of carbon and hydrogen

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Hydrolysis

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Process by which an enzyme breaks a molecule into smaller subunits by attaching a hydroxyl group to one part and hydrogen Atam to the other

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Metabolism

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All the enzyme mediated chemical reactions by which cells acquire and use energy as they build and break down organic molecules

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Monomers

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Molecules that are subunits of polymers

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Organic

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Type of compound that consists primarily of carbon and hydrogen Adams

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Polymer

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Molecule that consists of multiple monomers

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Carbohydrate

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Molecule that consist primarily of carbon hydrogen and oxygen Adams in a one 2 one ratio

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