Notes in BIO1A - Lecture 2 1/27: Lipids, carbohydrates and nucleic acids

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Published	02/05/2025	What are the 4 classes of biological molecules (building blocks of the cell)? What are their larger units of the cell? Type of linkages?
Published	02/05/2025	What are carbohydrates?
Published	02/05/2025	What are Monosaccharides?
Published	02/05/2025	What are Polysaccharides?
Published	02/05/2025	How can you recognize a monosaccharide molecular formula?
Published	02/05/2025	What is the molecular formula of glucose?
Published	02/05/2025	How are monosacchriades classified by? What is their function?
Published	02/05/2025	Alpha-glucose vs. beta-glucose?
Published	02/05/2025	Structural isomers vs. stereoisomers?
Published	02/05/2025	What are disaccharides? What is it used for + examples?
Published	02/05/2025	What is a condensation reaction or dehydration synthesis? Hydrolysis?
Published	02/05/2025	What are polysaccharides? What are they used for + examples
Published	02/05/2025	What is the difference between the structure of starch+glycogen, and cellulose (alpha or beta + linkages)?
Published	02/05/2025	Why can’t we digest cellulose fibers but other animals can? Why is the cellulose structure strong?
Published	02/05/2025	What are lipids? What are the most biologically important lipids?
Published	02/05/2025	What are fats made from + explain their structures? What is the major function of fats?
Published	02/05/2025	What is the difference between a saturated and unsaturated fat molecule?
Published	02/05/2025	What is different about oils that have been synthetically converted to saturated fats? How is it done?
Published	02/05/2025	Explain the phospholipid structure + its importance
Published	02/05/2025	What are steroids? Cholesterol?
Published	02/05/2025	What are proteins + its functions? Peptides? Polypeptides?
Published	02/05/2025	What is the structure of an amino acid? How do proteins adopt many functions via combinations of diverse amino acids?
Published	02/05/2025	When are proteins more energetically stable?
Published	02/05/2025	4 levels of protein structure: IMFs/bonds + 2 examples of quaternary structure? How are protein structures determined?
Published	02/05/2025	What are 2 types of nucleic acids? What does a gene determine + where are they stored?
Published	02/05/2025	What are polynucleotides and nucleotides? What does a nucleotide consist of?
Published	02/05/2025	Explain the nucleic acid strand structure. How does DNA/RNA form via condensation?
Published	02/05/2025	Explain the directionality of DNA and nucleic acid polymerization
Published	02/05/2025	What are the 4 bases and their pairing in DNA which form what bonds?
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