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Biological Chemistry
Lecture 1 Macromolecules
Luke Guddat, SCMB
Building 76- luke.guddat@uq.edu.au
aldose aldehyde
carbonyl
Campbell, Reece, Meyers Biology 8e 2009 Pearson Education Australia
Fig. 5-3
In a phospholipid,
two fatty acids and a
phosphate group are
attached to glycerol.
The two fatty acid tails
are hydrophobic, but
the phosphate group
and its attachments
form a hydrophilic
head. hydrophobic barrier that prevents molecules we dont want from entering the cell
Protein synthesis
occurs in ribosomes
(molecular machine).
Campbell, Reece, Meyers Biology 8e 2009 Pearson Education Australia
Nucleic acids (DNA, RNA) store and
transmit hereditary information
The amino acid sequence of a polypeptide
(i.e. a protein) is programmed by a unit of
inheritance called a gene.
Genes are found within DNA.
One DNA molecule includes many genes
Fig. 5-27