A2/A1 Macromolecules by JCooper https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt Use this space to share your pictures for your group's assigned macromolecule. en-us 2020-10-05 13:17:11 UTC 2025-04-02 16:42:02 UTC hello@padlet.com Lipids https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt/wish/810532235 Function/Role:
  • They serve as the structural components of cell membranes
  •  Energy storehouses
  •  Important signaling molecules
  •  Maintain temperatures
Structure:


Shape/Chemical composition:



Examples and Types (Monomers & Polymers)
>Cholesterol

]]> 2020-10-07 14:50:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt/wish/810532235 Protein https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt/wish/810537449 Function: Builds and provides structure for tissue
Structure: Starts as a chain and changes shape
4 Shapes: Globular, fibrous, helix, pleated sheet
Examples:
     Monomer- amino acids 
    Polymer- Polypeptides

]]> 2020-10-07 14:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt/wish/810537449 Carbohydrates A1 https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt/wish/810538288 Function/Role: Carbohydrates provide and store energy, build macro-molecules, and save protein and fat.

Structure: A chain of carbon  encompassed by hydrogen, and oxygen.

Shape/Chemical Composition: Consists of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. The shape is either a linear chain, or a ring shaped molecule.

Examples: Sugar or Starch

]]> 2020-10-07 14:52:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt/wish/810538288 Carbohydrates https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt/wish/828346726 Function/Role: To provide energy, store energy, build macro molecules, and spare protein and fat for other uses. 
Structure: Like a chain made out of lines
Shape/Chemical composition: Hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen
Examples Monomers and Polymers: Monomers: sugars, glucose
Polymers: starch

]]> 2020-10-14 12:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt/wish/828346726 Lipids https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt/wish/828347160 Function/Role:
- Primary functions is to store energy
- Makeups fats,oils, and waxes
Structure:
- Fatty acid tails that look like chains
Shape/Chemical Composition:
Composed mainly of carbon and hydrogen
Examples: 
Honeycombs in a beehive is made of beeswax

]]> 2020-10-14 12:35:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt/wish/828347160 Protein https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt/wish/828350250 shape/chemical composition:proteins are macromolecules composed of amino acid subunits.

example: 
monomers-Polypeptides and proteins
polymers-Amino-acids


]]> 2020-10-14 12:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt/wish/828350250 Nucleic Acids https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt/wish/828352416 function/role-
they determine the inherited characteristics of every living thing
structure-
Is a long chainlike molecule made of a series of nearly identical atoms called nucleotides

]]> 2020-10-14 12:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt/wish/828352416 Nucleic Acids https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt/wish/828358529 shape - DNA & RNA 
composition - adenine C5H5N5 
monomer - cytosine 
polymer - DNA & RNA

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does most of the work in cells and required for structure, function, and regulation of body's tissues and organs.
Structure:
arrangement of atoms in an amino acid-chain molecule]]> 2020-10-14 12:52:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt/wish/828402155 Nucleic Acids (A1) https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt/wish/828623854 function: stores and communicates genetic information

structure: double helix,  chains stuck together

shape/chemical composition: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorous

examples: DNA , RNA

]]> 2020-10-14 13:49:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt/wish/828623854 Lipids A1 https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt/wish/828636287 Function/Role:
  • They serve as the structural components of cell membranes
  •  Energy storehouses
  •  Important signaling molecules
  •  Maintain temperatures
  • Hormones
Structure:
  • Fatty Acids: carboxyl head connected to a hydrocarbon chain

Shape/Chemical composition:
  • Made primarily of carbon and hydrogen

Examples and Types (Monomers & Polymers):
  • Triacylglycerols 
    • Animal fats and vegetable oils.
    • Made of four components - a glycerol molecule attached to three fatty acids. 
  • Phospholipids
    • Phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylserine are examples of two important phospholipids that are found in plasma membranes. 
  • Sterols
    • Phytosterols and Zoosterols (Found in Plants, Found in Animals) 
    • Cholesterol in Zoosterols. (MOST COMMON)
    • Campesterol, Sitosterol, Stigmasterol in Phytosterols. 
  • Polymers called diglycerides, triglycerides and their Monomers are glycerol and fatty acids.

]]> 2020-10-14 13:52:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt/wish/828636287 Protein A1 https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt/wish/828647740 structure: Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen
shape: chains, folded chain, helix, pleated sheet
function: builds and repairs tissue, provides structure
polymer polypeptides
monomer: amino acids
examples: enzymes, antibodies, hormones, hemoglobin]]> 2020-10-14 13:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt/wish/828647740 Lipids (A1) - More Images https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt/wish/828694241 2020-10-14 14:06:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jcooper9/ag2bmhs6x54ze9wt/wish/828694241