BIOL 1001 Chapter : CH 6 Outline Compatibility Mode Repaired
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--macromolecules are large organic molecules which are usually polymers. --polymer are large molecules consisting of many identical or similar subunits connected together. --monomer is a subunit (or building block) of a polymer. >>>>>the reaction that forms a polymer from monomers is a polymerization reaction. Most biological polymerization reactions are condensation reactions also called a dehydration synthesis reaction (see fig 5. 2). --hydrolysis is the breaking of the covalent bond between two monomers by the addiction of water: hydrolysis: breaking down a polymer, hydrolysis adds a water molecule, breaking a bond. >>>>>diversity in polymers comes from the variation in the arrangement of the monomers. >>>>carbohydrates are used as fuels and building material. --carbohydrates are organic molecules made of sugars and their polymers: monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides. Fructose: enantiomers exist for each asymmetric carbon, in aqueous solutions, monosaccharides with 5 or more carbons in the skeleton form ring structures (see fig 5. 4). (alpha)-linkage and (beta)-linkage (see fig 5. 7)
