BIOL130L Study Guide - Iodine Test, Copper(I) Oxide, Robert Earnshaw

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As the name suggests, macromolecules are large molecules that make up more than 90% of the total cell mass. These biological macromolecules vary greatly in size - from several hundred to several hundred million molecular weight units - and are made up of monomer units. There are four major classes of biological macromolecules: proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids (sheeler & bianchi, 1980). Proteins are made up of polymers of amino acids. The shape and structure of a cell is defined by proteins (alberts et al. , 1989). Carbohydrates are made up of polymers of simple sugars called monosaccharides. Carbohydrates can also be made up of two sugars, three sugars or more, and they are called disaccharides and polysaccharides respectively (sheeler & bianchi, 1980). Lipids are a collection of molecules that are insoluble in water but soluble in non polar solvents. Common lipids include fatty acids, glycolipds, neutral fats, and so on (sheeler & bianchi, 1980).

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