Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Macromolecules
- Nucleic Acids
- a long chain of smaller
molecules called
nucleotides
- Nucleotides are made up o three major components: sugar, base and a phosphate group.
- 2 chemical or biological properties
- They create proteins
- They differ in the attached sugar molecule
- 2 examples of the macromolecule
- DNA- Deoxyrubonucleic Acid
- RNA- Ribonucleic acid
- Chemical structure
- 5 carbon carbon sugar, a phosphate group and and a nitrogenous base
- Lipids
- Non-polar molecules that are not soluble in water.
- They are soluble in hydrophobic solvents
- They store the most energy
- Examples of lipid macromolecules
- fats, steroids, waxes and phospholipids
- Chemical structure
- carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
- hydrogen oxygen ratio is 2:1 or more
- Carbohidrates
- Organic Compounds made of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
- They are an energy source
- Made up of sugar molecules
- Macromolecule examples
- Chemical structure
- Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen 1:2:1 ratio
- Proteins
- large molecule formed by linked
smaller molecules called amino-acids.
- 20 types of aminoacids
- Some amino acids are polar, others are not
- 2 chemical or biological properties
- They have structural functions
- They store, transport, regulate, allow movement and control celular chemical reactions
- 2 examples of the macromolecule
- Enzymes and amino acids
- Chemical structure
- Made up of amino acids which contain oxygen
carbon and an r chemical compound