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Macromolecules are disassembled in _ reactions | hydrolysis |
Relatively small organic molecules with a central carbon atom which is bonded to a carboxyl group, an amino group, a carbon containing group, and a hydrogen atom are called | amino acids |
Macromolecules that are used by organisms to store hereditary information are called | DNA molecules |
DNA, RNA, and ATP contain functional units known as | nucleotides |
Carbohydrates are polymers formed of structural units called | monosaccharides |
Proteins are polymers formed of structural units called | amino acids |
Nucleic acids are polymers formed of building blocks that contain | rings of nitrogen bases |
Humans are unable to get metabolic energy from cellulose because | cellulose digesting enzymes are absent |
Which of the following macromolecules are characteristically water-insoluble | lipids |
Three fatty acids bonded together with a glycerol are found in a | triglyceride |
Biological membranes contain bilayers of which of the following lipids | phospholipids |
The nitrogen base not found in DNA is called | uracil |