Biological Molecules

 

video 15'19 : https://youtu.be/PYH63o10iTE Biological Molecules Paul Andersen describes the four major biological molecules found in living things. He begins with a brief discussion of polymerization. Dehydration synthesis is used to connect monomers into polymers and hydrolysis breaks them down again. The major characteristics of nucleic acids are described as well as there directionality from 3' to 5' end. Protein structure is describes as well as the structure of its monomers; amino acids. The carboxyl and amino ends of a protein are described. The major groups of lipids are included with a brief discussion of saturated, unsaturated and trans fats. Finally carbohydrates and their sugar monomers are discussed.

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macromolecule	roles	samples	polymer	monomer	atoms
Carbohydrates	energy	glucose, amylose, cellulose, starch, glycogen			CHO
Lipids	Cell membrane, energy	Cholesterol, phospholipid, arachidic, stearic, oleic… fatty acids saturated or unsaturated	triglyceride	fatty acid	CHO
Proteins	Building blocks of life, enzymes	Myoglobin, Trypsin		amino acids	CHON
Nucleic acids	Genetic information = gene	DNA RNA		Nucleotide = PSB(ATGC)	CHONP