Macromolecule Building Blocks Functions Examples

Proteins

Carbohydrates

Lipids

Nucleic Acids
Biomolecules: Compounds
that Matter Most
 trans fat?
Solidified fish/vegetable oil through the process called
hydrogenation (adding of hydrogen gas).
Life’s Biological Molecules
Dehydration

Hydrolysis
Proteins
Most abundant organic compound in living organisms making up 15% of the
bodies dry weight. It’s a polymer with amino acids as its building blocks.
It is estimated that a typical mammalian cell may contain 10 000 different kinds of
proteins working on diverse array of functions.
Structural Proteins
Enzymatic Proteins
Transport Proteins
Defense Proteins
Regulatory Proteins
Contractile Proteins
Proteins
Carbohydrates
The main source of energy in all organisms; also serve as structural components of
living cells.
Monosaccharides
Disaccharides
Polysaccharides
Most Common
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Are organic substances that include fats and fat-like substances, such as
phospholipid, wax, steroid, and sphingolipid; are hydrophobic substances and are
insoluble in water but soluble in some organic compounds.
Saturated Fats Unsaturated Fats
Phospholipids
Waxes
Steroids
Triglycerides
Triglycerides
Lipids
Nucleic Acids
Nucleic Acid
Macromolecule Building Blocks Functions Examples

Proteins

Carbohydrates

Lipids

Nucleic Acids
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