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COURSE SUBJECT: CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

STUDENT:BENJAMIN ABELLA INSTRUCTOR:EUGENE ESPEJO

TOPIC: THE BIOMOLECULES

I. INTRODUCTION
• Chemicals or molecules present in the
living organisms
• The sum total of different types of
biomolecules, compounds and ions
present in a cell is called as cellular pool
• Biomolecules are compounds of carbon.
• Hence the chemistry of living organisms
is organized around carbon.

• Inorganic
– Minerals
– Gases
– Water
• Organic
– Carbohydrates
– Lipids – Amino acids
– Proteins – Enzymes
– Nucleotides
– Nucleic acids
– Vitamins

• Micro molecules
– Small size, low mol. weight.
– Between 18 and 800 daltons
– Found in the acid soluble pool
(e.g., Minerals, Gases, Water, Sugars, Amino acids,
Nucleotides)

• Macromolecules
– Large size, high mol. weight.
– Above 1000 daltons
– Found in the acid insoluble pool Carbohydrates
Lipids Proteins Nucleic acid