Functional groups Flashcards

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Monomer

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Individual molecules.
Very small, mainly soluble in water, pass in and out of cells easily.

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Polymer

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Large molecules made of smaller molecules joined together.
Do not enter and leave the cell freely by diffusion.

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Metabolism and the 2 types

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The sum of all reactions that occur in an organism. Catabolism and anabolism

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Catabolism

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Reactions that break down larger molecules into smaller ones

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Anabolism

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Reactions that build larger molecules from smaller ones.

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Most biological molecules contain what element

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Carbon and It forms up to 4 covalent bonds.

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Functional groups

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groups of atoms that give organic molecules specific chemical and physical properties

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R groups

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rest of the molecule.

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Hydroxyl group

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-OH

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Carbonyl Group

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O
ll
-C-

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Carboxyl

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-c//o
\oh

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Amino

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-N/H
\H

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Sulfhydryl

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-s-h

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