Chemistry Of Life
Alexis & Jalen
Water (H20)
-Attraction to other things
•Cohesion
-the action or property of molecules sticking together and being mutually attractive.
•Polarity
-Physical alignment of atoms.
•pH
- The measure of acidity or basicity im a solution.
Macromolecules
-Four Types of macromolecules: Proteins, Lipids,Nucleic Acids, and Carbohydrates.
-All of these have carbon in them
Four Types Of Macromolecules
Structure & Build Up of All 4 Macromolecules
Break Ups of Macromolecules
Carbohydrates
- A large molecule consisting of carbon
-There are four different types of carbohydrates
-They are monosaccharides,disaccharides, and polysaccharides
-Monosaccharides- Most basic unit of carbohydrates
Disaccharides- 2 monosaccharides that have reaction and eliminate a small molecule
-Polysaccharide- long chain or monosaccharides
Break Down of Structure
More Specific Structure
Another Broken Down Structure
Proteins
-Consist of one or more chains of amino acids
- They have many functions in and living organism
- Essential part of a living organism
-Antibodies structure carries O2
•For Example: Hemoglobin, Collagen
Lipids
- Helps with the storage of energy
- Has 4 parts and 3 fatty acids and 1 glycerol
- Biochemical thats does not dissolve in water
- Makes up cell membrane
Different Parts of Lipids
Break Dowm of Lipids
Lipids in Categories
Nucleic Acids
- Polymers made of nucleotides
-Polymer means many peices
- There are 3 different type of nucleic acids
- They are DNA,RNA, and ATP
•DNA ( Deoxyribo Nucleic Acids)
- Helps and has to do with heridity
•RNA ( Ribo Nucleic Acids)
- Is helping with the proteins
•ATP ( Adenosine Triphosphate)
- This is an energy checking account
Nucleotide Structure
Breakdown Of Nucleic Acids Into Atoms
Seperate Structure Of Nucleic Acids
Enzymes
- Specialized proteins tht help speed reactions by lowering the activation energy
- These are called catalyst because they get things started
-Enzymes are in a globular shape