BIOL 111 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dietary Fiber, Monosaccharide, Cellulose
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Polymer: large molecule composed of subunits called monomers. Dehydration reaction: synhtesizing a polymer, removes a water molecule forming a new bond. Hydrolysis: adds a water molecule breaking a bond. Hydrophilic because it is polar, because of all of the oxygens (water, oh groups, anything that looks like water) Abbreviated ring structures: do not write the c, but imply that the corners are all carbon. Polymers made from many monosaccharide monomers (store energy as glycogen: starch : plants, store energy, Polymer of glucose: glycogen: animal cells, Cellulose: plants, synthesize cellulose as structural component of cell wall, Microbes in their gut do it for them. Unlike other carbohydrates, its monomer contains a nitrogen atom. Indirectly get energy from cellulose, even cows can not digest cellulose. Fat molecule i synthesized from glycerol and 3 fatty acids. Dehydration reaction three times to make three fatty acid chains.
