________ is a variant of this but is present as a storehouse of energy in plant tissues.
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polysaccharide chain
In a(n) ________ (say glycogen), the right end is called the reducing end, and the left end is called the non- reducing end.
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Collagen
________ is the most abundant protein in the animal world and Ribulose bisphosphate Carboxylase- Oxygenase (RuBisCO) is the most abundant protein in the whole of the biosphere.
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Proteins
________ are heteropolymers containing strings of amino acids.
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Metabolism
________ provides a mechanism for the production of energy.
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deoxyribose
The sugar found in polynucleotides is either ribose (a monosaccharide pentose) or 2 ________.
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polysaccharide
In a(n) ________, the individual monosaccharides are linked by a glycosidic bond.
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distinct components
A nucleotide has three chemically ________.
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Oils
________ have a lower melting point (e.g., gingelly ________) and hence remain as ________ in winter.
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protein thread
A(n) ________ does not exist throughout as an extended rigid rod.
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fatty acid
A(n) ________ has a carboxyl group attached to an R group.
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homopolymer
A(n) ________ has only one type of monomer repeating ‘ n a number of times.
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Plant cell walls
________ are made of cellulose.
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threads
They are ________ (literally cotton ________) containing different monosaccharides as building blocks.
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acid insoluble fraction
The ________ has only four types of organic compounds i.e., proteins, nucleic acids, polysaccharides, and lipids.
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steady state
The ________ is a non- equilibrium state.
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long chains of sugars
Polysaccharides are ________.
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peptide bond
In a polypeptide or a protein, amino acids are linked by a(n) ________ which is formed when the carboxyl- (COOH) group of one amino acid reacts with the amino- (NH2) group of the next amino acid with the elimination of a water moiety (the process is called dehydration)
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acid soluble pool
The ________ represents roughly the cytoplasmic composition.
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insoluble fraction
The molecules in the ________ with the exception of lipids are polymeric substances.
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Arachidonic acid
________ has 20 carbon atoms including carboxyl carbon.
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elemental analysis
Therefore ________ gives the elemental composition of living tissues in the form of hydrogen, oxygen, chlorine, carbon, etc.
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flow of metabolites
The ________ through the metabolic pathway has a definite rate and direction like automobile traffic.
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nucleic acid
In a(n) ________, a phosphate moiety links the 3- carbon of one sugar of one nucleotide to the 5- carbon of the sugar of the succeeding nucleotide.
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Lipids
________ are generally water- insoluble.
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Cellulose
________ is a homopolymer.
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fatty acids
Many lipids have both glycerol and ________.
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acid insoluble fraction
The macromolecules from the cytoplasm and organelles become the ________.