Macromolecule Reading Guide, Part 2
You will be reading pages 56-62 and 65-66 in the Living World and completing questions in your
notebook to serve as the backbone for your notes.
3.7 Proteins
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List the seven ways proteins function in the body.
What are the most important class of proteins in the body?
What are the monomers of proteins?
How many exist and how do they differ?
In your notes, draw the basic structure of one of these monomers.
What is the name of the covalent bond that forms? What process forms this bond?
How many levels of structure exist in proteins? Briefly explain each different level.
What is it called when a protein loses its function? What are some ways that this happens?
Explain how heat-shock chaperonin proteins work to restore the shape of proteins that have
been unfolded.
10. There are two diseases that have been linked to the improper functioning of these chaperonin
proteins. What are they and what exactly is the malfunction?
SUMMARY
Write a short paragraph that summarizes what you have learned about proteins.
3.8 Nucleic Acids
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What are the monomers of nucleic acids?
Name the 3 parts of these monomers.
How many types of these monomers are there?
How many types of nucleic acids exist? Name them.
Describe three differences between these types of nucleic acids.
Explain the basic structure of the DNA double helix.
SUMMARY
Write a short paragraph that summarizes what you have learned about nucleic acids.
3.10 Lipids
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What is the function of a lipid?
In your notes, diagram the basic shape of the three types of lipids.
What is the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats?
What is a phospholipid? Explain their significance.
SUMMARY
Write a short paragraph that summarizes what you have learned about nucleic acids.