Sweeney- Macromolecules
carbohydrates
Composed of carbon hydrogen and oxygen
sugar, starches, cellulose, glycogen
monosacharides
proteins
Their shape allows them to do their job
when proteins lose their shape its called denaturing
Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen
Fingernails, skin, hair, enzyme, hormones
1. Primary 2. secondary 3. teritary 4. Quatranry
amino acids
nucleic acids
hereditary information, DNA, RNA, Carbon hydrogen oxygen nitrogen
RNA: single strand
DNA- double helix, double chain
Nucleotids
Lipids
hydrogen, carbon, oxygen
saturated and unsaturated fat
Unsaturated fat- double bonds, bond in fatty acid, vegetable oil
saturated- All c's bonded together, no double bond long fat, trans fat stored.
facts, oil, phospholipids
energy storage, insulates your body
Subtopic
triglyceride
