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Lipids, carbohydrates, proteins, and Nucleic Acids

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Macromolecules are formed by dehydration reactions in which water molecules are removed from the formation of bonds.

Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates typically have CnH2nOn formula. There are three types of carbohydrates, monosaccharides contain one sugar, disaccharides contain two sugars, and polysaccharides contain many sugars. Polysaccharides play important roles in cells such as energy storage (animal glycogen) and structure support (plant cellulose).

Proteins

Proteins are made of C, H, O, N and S. The building units of proteins are amino acids. Each amino acid contains an amino group, a carboxyl group, a central carbon and hydrogen, and an R group.

Lipids

Lipids are made of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Storage lipids include fats, oils and waxes. Mono-carboxylic acids, containing a long hydrocarbon side chain.

Nucleic Acids

Nucleic acids are made of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and phosphate. The basic building blocks of nucleic acids are nucleotides. Each nucleotide has three basic parts: a nitrogenous base, phosphate group and a sugar.

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