UNIT ONE, CHAPTER 5

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THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF MACROMOLECULES


 
  
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POLYMER
 
A LONG MOLECULE CONSISTING OF MANY SIMILAR OR IDENTICAL BUILDING BLOCKS LINKED BY COVALENT...
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MONOMERS
 
THE REPEATING UNITS THE SERVE AS THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF A POLYMER
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CONDENSATION REACTION
 
MONOMERS ARE CONNECTED BY A REACTION IN WHICH TWO MOLECULES ARE COVALENTLY BONDED TO EACHOTHER...
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HYDROLYSIS
 
A PROCESS THAT IS ESSENTIALLY THE REVERSE OF THE DEHYDRATION REACTION. BONDS BROKEN BY THE...
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CARBOHYDRATES
 
INCLUDES BOTH SUGAR AND THE POLYMERS OF SUGARS. MONOSACCHARIDES DISACCHARIDES
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MONOSACCHARIDES
 
SIMPLE/SINGLE SUGARS.
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DISACCHARIDES
 
DOUBLE SUGARS, CONSISTS OF TWO MONOSACCHARIDES JOINED BY A CONDENSATION REACTION.
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POLYSACCHARIDES
 
THE CARBOHYDRATES THAT ARE MACROMOLECULES. POLYMERS COMPOSED OF MANY SUGAR BUILDING BLOCKS.
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GLUCOSE
 
MONOSACCHARIDE. C6H12O6
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GLYCOSIDIC LINKAGE
 
A COVALENT BOND FORMED BETWEEN TWO MONOSACCHARIDES BY A DEHYDRATION REACTION
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POLYSACCHARIDES SERVE AS...
 
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