4 Major Macro Molecules by Brooke Saunders https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw Contributors: Rebecca Trahan, Lauren Kloek, Nell Szod en-us 2017-08-29 15:26:15 UTC 2026-01-20 06:15:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Growing.png The Four Major Macromolecules brookesaunders21121 https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/183430169 Carbohydrates-Blue
Nucleic Acids-Purple
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Lipids-Green]]> 2017-08-29 15:35:36 UTC https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/183430169 Background Carbohydrates laurenkloek9 https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/183437919 Carbs are long chains of linked glucose molecules. They are the main source of energy for the human body. Animals break down carbs into energy or ATP through the process of cellular respiration. Without carbs fats and proteins are broken down for energy. There are three types of carbs: monosaccharide (glucose)
disaccharide (sucrose)
polysaccharide (starch)
Carbohydrates are organic molecules in which carbon bonds with hydrogen and oxygen. 

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]]> 2017-08-29 15:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/183437919 Lipids brookesaunders21121 https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/184228865            Lipids are a group of compounds that are rich in carbon-hydrogen bonds and are generally insoluble in water. The main categories are glycerolipids, phospholipids, oils, and waxes.
        Glycerolipids have fatty acids attached to one or more of the three carbons of glycerol. If three fatty acids are attached, the molecule in triacylglycerol, which is a primary storage form of carbon and energy in plants.
 Phospholipids make up the membrane of the cell. 
  • The phosphate group is the negatively-charged polar head, which is hydrophilic.
  • Since the heads are hydrophilic, they face outward and are attracted to the intracellular and extracellular fluid.
  • The fatty acid chains are the uncharged, nonpolar tails, which are hydrophobic.

       Waxes are elongated  and modified fatty acids.
Fatty acids may be saturated or unsaturated. In a fatty acid chain, if there are only single bonds between neighboring carbons in the hydrocarbon chain, the fatty acid is saturated. When the hydrocarbon chain contains a double bond, the fatty acid is said to be unsaturated.
       Lipids are of crucial importance for both energy storage and cell membrane development.

]]> 2017-09-01 15:14:26 UTC https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/184228865 "Lipids" Cited Sources brookesaunders21121 https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/184232221 http://www.bookrags.com/research/lipids-plsc-03/#gsc.tab=0

http://www.med-health.net/Function-Of-Lipids.html

]]> 2017-09-01 15:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/184232221 What Are Proteins? rftrahan2000 https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/184232638 2017-09-01 15:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/184232638 Lipid Structure brookesaunders21121 https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/184234209 2017-09-01 15:31:15 UTC https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/184234209 Structure and Function of Lipids brookesaunders21121 https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/184236485 2017-09-01 15:38:19 UTC https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/184236485 What Do Proteins Do? rftrahan2000 https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/184240990 2017-09-01 15:52:49 UTC https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/184240990 How Carbs are used in the human body laurenkloek9 https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/184791545 Carbohydrates are broken down by the body into energy in the form of ATP through the process of cellular respiration to be used by contracting muscles, fat metabolism, the central nervous system, etc. Cellular respiration uses glycolysis and the krebs cycle to produce ATP using carbohydrates.  Carbs are broken down into either  in the stomach and small intestine. They are then absorbed into the bloodstream and carried throughout the body to be used for energy.

"How does your body use  Carbohydrates." Elite Sports Club. September5, 2017. Web. http://blog.eliteclubs.com/how-does-your-body-use-carbohydrates/#sthash.yINqawrb.dpbs]]> 2017-09-05 15:15:49 UTC https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/184791545 Proteins Cited Work rftrahan2000 https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/184804484 “Protein.” Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/protein. Accessed 5 Sept. 2017.]]> 2017-09-05 15:40:36 UTC https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/184804484 Nucleic Acids Background laurenkloek9 https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/184810513 Nucleic acids are the building blocks of living organisms. DNA, RNA, mRNA, and tRNA are all nucleic acids. They work together to help cells build proteins and replicate. Nucleic Acids are found in mitochondria, chloroplasts, and bacteria and viruses. Nucleic acids are made up of monomers (small units) called nucleotides. These nucleotides are uracil, thymine, cytosine, adenine, and guanine. When base paired they form DNA RNA. Uracil is only found in RNA and not DNA.

"Nucleic Acids." Chem4Kids. 5 September 2017. Web.http://www.chem4kids.com/files/bio_nucleicacids.html  ]]> 2017-09-05 15:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/184810513 A Picture of a Protein rftrahan2000 https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/185333758 2017-09-06 22:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/185333758 How Nucleic Acids are Used in the Body laurenkloek9 https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/185450797 Nucleic Acids, or the monomers or nucleotides pair up to form DNA and RNA. These store genetic information and contain genes that have information to create every protein in the body.  Every time a new cell is formed, the nucleic acids replicate and the new cell obtains the genetic information. This is stored in the nucleus. DNA is composed of the nucleotides adenine and guanine which are then paired with thymine and cytosine. It is the same in RNA except Uracil replaces thymine. ]]> 2017-09-07 11:55:29 UTC https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/185450797 Your information looks good. You may want to drag your text boxes into a more organized formation. Your specific example for the lipid needs to be a little more detailed. wgray https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/186554239 2017-09-11 19:57:53 UTC https://padlet.com/brookesaunders21121/tgbywmt5rtsw/wish/186554239