Amino acids
No, nucleic acids are not small organic molecules with an amine and carboxyl group. Nucleic acids are macromolecules made up of nucleotide monomers, which consist of a nitrogenous base, a sugar, and a phosphate group. Proteins are formed from amino acids, which contain an amine and carboxyl group, but they are not the monomers of nucleic acids.
The monomers of nucleic acids are nucleotides.Of polysaccharides: monosaccharides.Of polypeptides (the chains that make up proteins): amino acids.Lipids are macromolecules, but are not polymers, so they do not have monomers.
No, nucleic acids are molecules that store and transmit genetic information, such as DNA and RNA, while amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. Proteins are made up of chains of amino acids, not nucleic acids.
Both are made from smaller subunits that are joined by covalent bonds. In the case of proteins, these subunits are called amino acids. They are joined by special covalent bonds called peptide bonds. In the case of nucleic acids, the subunits are called nucleotides, which are a combination of a sugar (ribose or deoxyribose), phosphate group, and one of four possible bases (adenine, thymine, guanine, or cytosine). The nucleotides are covalently bonded along the "ladder" of the DNA molecule. Another feature of polymers is that the covalent bond that links the subunits (or monomers) is formed by dehydration synthesis, that is, a removal of a water molecule.
nucleotide
A polymer is a large molecule made up of repeated subunits called monomers. Nucleic acids are polymers that are made up of monomers called nucleotides. Protein is a polymer made of monomers called amino acids.
The subunits making up nucleic acids are nucleotides
Carbohydrates = monosaccharidesProteins = amino acidsLipids = triglycerideNucleic Acids = nucleotides
Yes, proteins have monomers called amino acids, lipids do not have monomers, carbohydrates have monomers called monosaccharides, and nucleic acids have monomers called nucleotides.
Nucleotides
Nucleic acids are composed of monomers called nucleotides.
Molecules that are synthesised from multiple subunits are known as polymers. The subunits are known as monomers. An example of a polymer is a protein, which is made up of amino acid subunits (monomers). A large organic molecule, usually created by polymerisation of monomers is known as a macromolecule. This includes nucleic acids, proteins and carbohydrates.
Nucleotides
No, the monomers of DNA are nucleotides, not nucleic acids. Nucleotides are composed of a sugar molecule, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base. Nucleic acids are polymers made up of nucleotide monomers, and DNA is a specific type of nucleic acid.
No, amino acids are the subunits which compose proteins. The subunits of genes, so to speak, are nucleic acids.
nucleotides
The three subunits that make up a nucleotide are:a phosphate groupa 5-carbon sugar(deoxyribose)a nitrogen baseNucleotides are organic molecules that serve as the monomers, or subunits, of nucleic acids like DNA and RNA.