Chapter 3
The Chemical Basis of Life II: Organic Molecules
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Parts
- 1Why life is built on carbon5 min
- 2Functional groups and isomers5 min
- 3Building and breaking polymers5 min
- 4Simple sugars and disaccharides4 min
- 5Starch, glycogen, and cellulose4 min
- 6Fats and fatty acids5 min
- 7Phospholipids, steroids, and waxes4 min
- 8Amino acids and polypeptides5 min
- 9How proteins fold into shape5 min
- 10DNA and RNA5 min
Key terms
- organic molecule
- functional group
- isomer
- structural isomer
- enantiomer
- monomer
- polymer
- macromolecule
- dehydration reaction
- hydrolysis
- carbohydrate
- monosaccharide
- disaccharide
- polysaccharide
- glycosidic bond
- starch
- glycogen
- cellulose
- lipid
- triglyceride
- fatty acid
- saturated fatty acid
- unsaturated fatty acid
- phospholipid
- amphipathic
- steroid
- amino acid
- peptide bond
- polypeptide
- primary structure
- secondary structure
- tertiary structure
- quaternary structure
- protein domain
- nucleic acid
- nucleotide
- DNA
- RNA
- purine
- pyrimidine