lecture 5 (incomplete)

Question 1

what are the most important functional groups?

Answer 1

• hydroxyl
• carbonyl
• carboxyl
• amino
• sulfhydryl
• phosphate
• methyl

Question 2

what are the functional properties of the most important functional groups?

Answer 2

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Question 3

what are exampls of the most important functional groups?

Answer 3

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Question 4

what is ATP?

Answer 4

• source for energy for cellular processes
• one phosphate molecule (adenosine triphoshpate)
• adenosine attached to string of three phosphate groups