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What are the simplest units of lipids proteins and carbohydrates?
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glucose is the simplest carbohydrate
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Are monosaccharides proteins carbohydrates or lipids?
Monosaccharides are small units of carbohydrates.
What do lipids and proteins have in common?
Proteins and lipids are both biological macromolecules, which means they are made up of monomers (indiviudal units) to form polymers (many units). They are both formed by dehydration synthesis and broken apart by hydrolysis. In addition, their monomers can both be used as alternate forms to carbohydrates in the metabiolic pathway of cellular respiration.
Are the main sources of energy for your body?
They are three: carbohydrates, lipids and -in a pinch- proteins. Each of these are also used for biochemical building blocks. All three, to be used as fuel, need to be first converted into -CH2- units. All three also perform structural roles: Carbohydrates {too numerous to list}, Lipids are primarily used for Cell membranes while Proteins are ubiquitous.
What organic molecules?
The smallest units of organic compounds. Important examples of these molecules are based on chains of carbon atoms and come in four major categories: proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids (DNA and RNA).
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.
Four major types of macromolecules?
Lipids, carbohydrates, proteins, and Nucleic Acids
What do proteins lipids and glycogen have in common?
Large molecules that contain carbon and are held together by covalent. They are the structural units of glycogen.
What proteins lipids and glycogen have in common?
Large molecules that contain carbon and are held together by covalent. They are the structural units of glycogen.
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).
Starch consists of smaller units called?
Glucose. Starch is a polymer made of glucose monomers.
What is the difference between lipids and other biomolecules?
The difference between lipids and other biomolecules is in their chemical properties. Lipids include different types of molecules like fats, steroids, oils, and waxes. but lipids do not form big polymers like other biomolecules do. Examples of other biomolecules are protein and nucleic acid.
Why are lipids not considered monomers?
Lipids are not considered monomers because they do not link together to form polymers like carbohydrates, proteins, and nucleic acids. Monomers are small subunits that can join together through covalent bonds to form larger, repeating units. Lipids, on the other hand, are a diverse group of molecules that are characterized by their hydrophobic nature and insolubility in water.
