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The first class of biomolecules we will discuss are the carbohydrates. These molecules are comprised of the elements carbon (C), hydrogen (H), and oxygen (O). Commonly, these molecules are known as sugars. Carbohydrates can range in size from very small to very large. Like all the other biomolecules, carbohydrates are often built into long chains by stringing together smaller units. This works like adding beads to a bracelet to make it longer. The general term for a single unit or bead is a monomer. The term for a long string of monomers is a polymer.
Examples of carbohydrates include the sugars found in milk (lactose) and table sugar (sucrose). Depicted below is the structure of the monomer sugar glucose, a major source of energy for our body.
Building blocks are simple sugars, or monosaccharides. i thought carbon ,hydrogen and oxygen were the atoms involved, not the building blocks.
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Carbohydrates are made up of three elements: carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. They are composed of simple sugars, such as glucose, fructose, and galactose, which can be linked together to form complex carbohydrates like starch and cellulose. The building blocks of carbohydrates are monosaccharides, which are single sugar units.
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Most carbohydrates in the human body are?
Used as building blocks for protein
What does glucose molecules are the building blocks of carbohydrates mean?
It means carbohydrates are primarily made up of glucose molecules.
What are the building blocks of life?
The building blocks of life are molecules such as proteins, nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), lipids, and carbohydrates. These molecules are essential for the structure, function, and regulation of living organisms.
What building blocks are startches made of?
Starch is a polysaccharid of carbohydrates made up of monocharrides .
Carbohydrates and proteins are built up from their basic building blocks?
Yes. Carbohydrates and Proteins are build upi from their basic building blocks. In case of carbohydrates, the building blocks are sugar units and proteins are made up of amino acids.
What are building blocks of carbohydrates?
Monosaccharides .
Monosaccharides are the building blocks of?
Carbohydrates
What are the building blocks of simple sugars?
Simple sugars are themselves building blocks of either complex sugars or carbohydrates. Glycol aldehyde is an example of a pre biotic simple sugar.
What are the main building blocks of carbohydrates?
Simple sugar molecules
Five building blocks of cells?
protein, carbohydrates, and more
Most carbohydrates in the human body are?
Used as building blocks for protein
What are the building blocks of a carbohydrates?
it is all suger
Are carbohydrates formed from amino acid building blocks?
No carbohydrates are a basic class of molecules. Living organisms are made of carbohydrates, amino acids, lipids, and nucleic acids. Carbs are sugars like glucose. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein.
Are carbohydrate amino acid?
No. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. Carbohydrates contain simple sugars (monosaccharides) and polymers of sugars (disaccharides and polysaccharides).
What does glucose molecules are the building blocks of carbohydrates mean?
It means carbohydrates are primarily made up of glucose molecules.
What are the building blocks of carbohydrates proteins nuclear acids?
carbohydrates = sugarlipids = proteinsproteins = Amino Acidsnucleic acids =nucleotides
What building blocks are startches made of?
Starch is a polysaccharid of carbohydrates made up of monocharrides .
