Review Biology Molecules Exam
1. Describe the above processes by using the words monomer and polymer.
2. Know the four levels of protein structure and be able to explain what they consist of.
3. Label the two types of secondary structure below. What holds this level of structure together? What causes this
type of interaction (use polar covalent in your answer).
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Label the interactions observed in the R-groups of the protein above.
Know the four major molecules
Know the monomers of nucleic acids, proteins, and carbohydrates
Know what a peptide bond and a glycosidic linkage are.
If a starch is bound by alpha 1-4 glycosidic linkages what is its function? What is its join by beta 1-4 glycosidic
linkages?
9. Know the function of triglycerides, steroids, and phospholipids in the human body.
10. Be able to draw how phospholipids form a bilayer.
11. Know characteristics of saturated and unsaturated fats.