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Carbon Chemistry
***Macromolecules***
Glucose has a
basic shape
of a
hexagon.
Macromolecules are important to the STRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
of cells
Four Principle macromolecules
1. Carbohydrates
2. Lipids
3. Proteins
4. 4. Nucleic Acids
Things these 4 macromolecules have in common:
- glucose
- fructose
- galactose (another isomer of glucose)
Note:
this lipid
unlike
the food-
type
lipid,
has only
2 Fatty
Acid
tails.
Other common lipids besides food lipids are
waxes and steroids.
Proteins - Important for cell structure and cellular activities.
The R
stands for
an H or an
organic
group, such
as CH3,
CH2CH3,
etc.
- One long straight chain of amino acids is called a polypeptide
Phosphate Group
N-Containing Base
Bases in DNA are:
adenine, guanine,
cytosine, and thymine
5C Sugar (deoxyribose in DNA)
Two types of Nucleic Acids
P P P
P OH
P P H
Processing: