Organic Compounds & DNA Structure Flashcards
4 Energy Storing Compounds
- NADH2 – NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE
- FADH2 – FLAVINE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE
- ATP – ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE [chief]
- ADP – ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE
difference of organic compounds from inorganic compounds
presence of carbon atoms
4 organic compounds in the organism’s body
- Carbohydrates
- Proteins
- Lipids
- Nucleic Acids
simplest and the most abundant organic compounds
Carbohydrates
store energy and provide shape to organisms
Carbohydrates
3 classes of CHO
- sugars
- starches
- celluloses
the simplest form of sugar
monosaccharides
building blocks of more complex carbohydrates
monosaccharides
main building block of sugar
glucose
end product of digestion
glucose
fruit sugar
fructose
milk sugar
galactose
2 monosaccharides to disaccharides
dehydration synthesis
disaccharides to 2 monosaccharides
hydrolysis
two simple sugars bonded together
disaccharides
Fructose + Glucose
Sucrose
Galactose + Glucose
Lactose
Glucose + Glucose
Maltose
made of many glucose molecules bonded together in a long chain
polysaccharides
elements found in proteins but not in carbohydrates
- N (Nitrogen)
- S (Sulfur)
- P (Phosphorus)
- Fe (Iron)
large and complex molecules that consists of amino acid units linked together
proteins
building blocks of proteins
about 20 amino acids
results when two amino acids are joined together
dipeptide
results when two dipeptides are joined together
polypeptide
6 functions of proteins
- Movement
- Structure
- Regulation
- Transport
- Nutrition
- Defense