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Chemical Constituentsof Organisms: Part I
Amino Acids
 
Overview: The Molecules of Life
All living things are made up of four classesof large biological molecules:carbohydrates,lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids
Within cells, small organic molecules are joined together to form larger molecules
Macromoleculesare large moleculescomposed of thousands ofcovalentlyconnectedatoms
Molecularstructureandfunctionare inseparable
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Macromolecules are polymers, built from monomers
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A polymer is a long molecule consisting of manysimilar building blocks
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These small building-block molecules are calledmonomers
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Three of the four classes of life’s organicmolecules are polymers:
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Nucleic acids
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