MACROMOLECULES Bigger still Organic More complex C, H, O, N atoms CELLULOSE polypeptide polysaccharide
carbohydrates nucleic acids proteins See any patterns? lipids
• Macromolecules are made by linking together repeated smaller molecules each link = monomer chain = polymer Each link is a monomer The chain is a polymer Gr: mono- one; poly- many
Ex: chains of simple sugars like glucose create complex carbohydrates like starch monomer : glucose polymer : starch
Building polymers is a dehydration synthesis reaction Creating a disaccharide What are the functional groups? Water! Water! Peptide bonding of amino acids
Breaking the bonds of a polymer requires water (hydrolysis!) http://nhscience.lonestar.edu/biol/dehydrat/dehydrat.html
Building a macromolecule is a hierarchy: CHNOPS Carbon (4 bonds) add H (organic Hydrocarbon) add Functional Group(s) (hydrophyllic building block) Monomer* (some are isomers) Dehydration rxn (between monomers) Polymer** *glucose, animo acid, nucleotide… **Carbohydrate, Protein, Nucleic Acid, Lipid^ ^2+ subunits, not a monomer