Biomolecules Biologically important molecules Organic Compounds- made mostly of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen –Make incredible shapes Polymers- large molecules made up of repeated units of smaller molecules called monomers
HH H H C Structural formulaBall-and-stick model Space-filling model Models of Methane
Carbohydrates Sugars Monomer =(CH 2 O)n Monosaccharides:Glucose Oligosaccharides: Sucrose Polysaccharides: Cellulose Energy storage and structure
glucose fructose sucrose + H 2 O
Cellulose chains Starch chain
cellulose amylose (a starch) glycogen
Lipids Fats and oils Monomer = CH 2 Fats 1,2 or 3 fatty acids attached to glycerol Sterols- Cholesterol, Steroids Waxes- Beeswax Used for waterproofing, insulation and cell membranes
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stearic acid oleic acid linolenic acid
three fatty-acid tails glycerol triglyceride + 3H 2 0
hydrophobic tails hydrophilic head
two hydrophobic tails hydrophilic head cell membrane section one layer of lipids one layer of lipids
Sterol backbone Cholesterol
Proteins Monomer= Amino Acid Enzymes- Catalyze metabolic reactions Transport proteins- move things across membranes Structural proteins-keep the structure of cells
Amino group (basic) Carboxyl group (acidic) R group (20 kinds with distinct properties)
alanine (ala) valine (val) tryptophan (trp) methionine (met) proline (pro)
Linear primary structure one peptide group
Tertiary structure Secondary structure
Tertiary structure
heme group helically coiled globin molecule alpha chain beta chainalpha chain beta chain
Nucleic Acids Monomer: Nucleotide –ATP is a Nucleotide Molecules of inheritance: hold the code for how to make proteins Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid- DNA Ribose Nucleic Acid- RNA
nitrogen- containing base Ball-and-stick model of ATP 3 phosphate groups sugar
Adenine (a base) Thymine GuanineCytosine phosphate group sugar (deoxyribose)
Single strand of DNA or RNA sugar phosphate connected by covalent bond base
hydrogen bonding between bases covalent bonding in carbon backbone