Chapter 2: Chemistry of Life
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- enzyme
- proteins that act as biological catalysts.
- proteins
- macromolecules that contain nitrogen as well as carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
- RNA
- ribonucleic acid, one of the kinds of nucleic acids.
- monosaccharides
- single sugar molecules.
- product
- elements or compounds produced by a chemical reaction.
- carbonhydrates
- compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms.
- monomers
- smaller units that forms polymers.
- polysaccharides
- large macromolecules formed from monosaccharides.
- reactant
- elements or compounds that enter into a chemical reaction.
- chemical reaction
- process that changes, or transforms, one set of chemical into another.
- DNA
- deoxyribonucleic acid, one of the kinds of nucleic acids.
- polymer
- large molecules formed by monomers.
- substrate
- the reactants of enzyme catalyzed reactions.
- amino acids
- proteins that are polymers of molecules.
- catalyst
- substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction.
- nucleotides
- consisting 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and nitrogen base.
- activation energy
- energy that is needed to get a reaction started.
- lipid
- large varied group of biological molecules that are generally not soluble in water, made from carbon and hydrogen atoms.
- nucleic acids
- macromolecules containing hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus.