Biomolecules and Their Properties

These flashcards cover key concepts related to biomolecules, their structures, and functions, including carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids.

The chemical name of caffeine is __.

1, 3, 7-trimethylxanthine

The chemical formula for caffeine is __.

C8H10N4O2

Carbohydrates are made up of the elements __, __, and __.

Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen

The process of combining two monosaccharides to form a disaccharide is called __.

Dehydration Synthesis Reaction

The component of nucleic acids that consists of a nitrogenous base, a sugar, and a phosphate group is known as __.

Nucleotide

The two types of nitrogenous bases in nucleic acids are and .

Purine and Pyrimidine

The type of lipid that forms the backbone of cell membranes is __.

Phospholipid

The simplest sugar composed of six carbon atoms is __.

Glucose

Fatty acids can be classified as or based on their bonds.

Saturated or Unsaturated

Ribose is a __ member ring sugar found in RNA.

5

The general formula for carbohydrates is often given as __, where n is the number of carbon atoms.

Cn(H2O)n

The building blocks of proteins are __.

Amino Acids