Organic Compounds and their… Monomers & Polymers

What’s a Monomer? A Monomer is: One Molecule Remember, the prefix mono- means... That’s right!! ONE!

And a Polymer? A polymer is made up of MANY monomers. Poly= meaning MANY

#1 Carbohydrates The monomer is a monosaccharide - a single sugar. The polymer is called a polysaccharide -a string of many monosaccharides. Train Analogy

#2 Proteins Monomers =Amino Acids Polymers =Polypeptides – Polypeptides become Proteins through the process of folding.

ENZYMES ; a special protein Called catalysts. They speed up the rate of reactions. They perform cellular functions.

#3 Lipids Monomers = 3 fatty acids and glycerol

Saturated & Unsaturated Fats Saturated Fats- carbon to carbon single bonds, it is FULL of hydrogens. *solids at room temp Unsaturated Fats- Some double bonds between carbons. Not full to hydrogen. *liquid at room temp

Lipids Polymers of lipids are called fats and oils UnSaturated Saturated

#4 Nucleic Acid Monomers called nucleotides – They will each have: 5 carbon sugar Phosphate Group Base (A,T,C, or G)

Nucleic Acid Polymers are Nucleic Acids There are 2 kinds: Deoxyribonucleic AcidDNA Ribonucleic AcidRNA