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Polymers
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Large molecules made of many similar or identical subunits, such as starch and protein, are called...
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Valence Electrons
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The chemical properties of an element are determined by ___, found in the outermost energy level of an atom
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Free radical
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Antioxidants, such as vitamin E, protects the body from the harmful effects of uncharged particles called...
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Ligands
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Smaller molecules that reversibly bind to a protein, such as a substrate to its enzyme or a hormone to its receptor called...
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Hydrogen Bonding
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Water molecules cling together and many large molecules hold their three-dimensional shapes due to weak attractions called...
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Fatty Acids
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Triglycerides consists of three__ covalently bonded to glycerol
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Hydrolysis
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A chemical reaction that consumes water to break a covalent bond in a larger molecule is called...
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Cofactors
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Inorganic components of enzymes that can induce folding of the active site, thus activating the enzyme
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1,000 or 10^3
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A solution with a pH of 6 is how many times more acidic than a solution with a pH of 9
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Oxidized
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A molecule becomes __ when electrons are removed from it
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Active Site
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The place where a substrate binds to en enzyme is called the enzyme's...
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Polyunsaturated
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A fatty acid with numerous C=C bonds is said to be...
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Kinases
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When a enzyme adds phosphate groups to other organic molecules
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ATP
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Universal energy transfer molecule
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Hydrogen Ion
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free proton
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