Explain the relationship between the following sets of terms
1. monomer, polymer
2. amino acid, peptide bond, protein
3. monosaccharide, disaccharide, polysaccharide
4. hydophobic, hydropohilic
5. nucleotide, nucleic acid, RNA
Answer the following questions
1. How does the polarity of water give it unique properties that make it essential to life
2. What factor determines the shape of a protein
3. How do lipids store energy efficiently
4. How does the carboxyl end of the fatty acid molecule differ from the hydrocarbon end of the molecule
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/biochemistry/biochemistry.html Do the large molecules problem set
Resources, readings, and videos
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Biology/7-012Fall-2004/VideoLectures/, biochemistry lectures
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookCHEM2.html
http://webcast.berkeley.edu/stream.php?type=real&webcastid=14260, Biopolymers: Carbohydrates, Lipids, Nucleic Acids
http://www.biologymad.com/, go to the sitemap, biochemistry section
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