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Biochemicals R Us

What are the characteristics of the biochemicals of life?


AB
monomer of carbohydrateglucose
another name for a sugarsaccharide
functional group in carbohydratesalcohol
plant polymer of carbohydrates that animals can digeststarch
where glycogen is storedliver
suffix that means sugar-ose
how living things use carbohydratesenergy
another term for glycogen"animal starch"
small proteinpolypeptide
monomer of proteinamino acid
number of different types of amino acids in protein20
number of different types of nucleotides in DNA4
uses of proteinsenzymes and structures
functional groups of proteinsamino and carboxyl groups
lipid monomerfatty acid
functional groups of lipidscarboxyl group and long C chain
steroids are this type of moleculelipid
uses of lipidsenergy storage, membranes, hormones
nucleic acid monomersnucleotides
functional groups of nucleic acidsphosphates and nucleotide bases
uses of nucleic acidsmaintaining genetic information
celluloseplant carbohydrate
number of monomer types in starch, cellulose and glycogenone