Monomers and polymers

Question 1

What are the polymers of glucose?

Answer 1

Complex carbohydrates: starch, glycogen, cellulose, and chitlin

Question 2

What are the polymers of amino acids?

Answer 2

Proteins and peptides

Question 3

What are the polymers of nucleotides?

Answer 3

Nucleic acids: DNA and RNA

Question 4

What are the polymers of glycerol and fatty acids?

Answer 4

Lipids and fats

nb: Not real “polymers” but close enough

Question 5

What are the monomers, dimers, and long chains of carbohydrates?

Answer 5

Monomer: Monosaccharides/simple sugars (glucose)
Dimers: Disaccharides
Long chains: polymers/starch/glycogen/cellulose/chitlin

Question 6

What is the lipid monomer?

Answer 6

Glycerol + 3 FFAs

Question 7

Saturated fatty acids are ______ at room temp while unsaturated are ________. Why?

Answer 7

Solid
Liquid
Double bonds in unsaturated create space.

Question 8

What does amphipathic mean?

Answer 8

having both hydrophobic and

hydrophilic regions

Question 9

What are monomers, dimers, and polymers of proteins?

Answer 9

monomers = amino acids
dimers = dipeptides
short polymers = peptides
longer polymers = proteins

Question 10

How can AAs be recognized?

Answer 10

NH2 (sometimes shown as NH3) group

COOH (sometimes shown as COO-) group

Question 11

What are the monomers, dimers, and polymers of nucleic acids?

Answer 11

Monomers = nucleotides
Dimers = dinucleotides
Polymers = nucleic acids: DNA and RNA

Question 12

Whats the difference between ribose and deoxyribose?

Answer 12

Ribose has one more -OH group, on carbon 2

Question 13

What are the two classes of nitrogenous bases? (Which has 2 rings)

Answer 13

Pyrimidines

Purines- 2 rings

Question 14

What are the Purines?

Answer 14

Adenine and Guanine

Question 15

What are the pyrimidines?

Answer 15

Cytosine, Thymine, Uracil

Question 16

What is the general form of a nucleic acid?

Answer 16

Phosphate group, 5-C sugar, nitrogenous base