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- 4. A molecule made up of amino acids
- 5. a molecule that an enzyme reacts with.
- 7. Lipids are made up of several smaller molecular structures such as
- 9. the ending of all words that are protein enzymes
- 12. waxy, or oily compounds that are soluble in organic solvents and insoluble in polar solvents such as water.
- 15. Carbohydrates are made of this, from a single molecule of it to thousands of linked molecules
- 16. have the unique function of storing an organism's genetic code
- 17. the polymer into a nucleotide in nucleic acids
- 18. a simple sugar that constitutes the building blocks of a more complex form of sugars
- 20. the sugar formed when two monosaccharides are joined by glycosidic linkage.
- 21. the basic building block of nucleic acids (RNA and DNA).
- 22. a covalent bond formed between two amino acids.
- 24. a biological catalyst and is almost always a protein
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- 1. large biomolecules that play essential roles in all cells and viruses.
- 2. made up of a glycerol, which is attached to 1 to 3 fatty acid chains.
- 3. animal source of protein
- 4. long chains of carbohydrate molecules, composed of several smaller monosaccharides.
- 6. a molecule contains double or triple carbon-carbon bonds.
- 8. provide the body with glucose, which is converted to energy
- 10. type of omega-3 fatty acid found in plants
- 11. a liquid unsaturated fatty acid C18H32O2 found especially in semidrying oils
- 13. large molecules composed of many similar smaller molecules linked together in a chain-like fashion
- 14. f there are only single bonds between neighboring carbons in the hydrocarbon chain
- 18. small molecules that bond together to form more complex structures such as polymers.
- 19. loosely defined as biomolecules that are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents
- 23. the ending of all words that are carbohydrates
