Important Biological Molecules
Chapter 2 continued

   I. Inorganic cpds
      A. WATER
         1. Abundant
         2. Reactivity 
            a. Hydrolysis rxns
            b. Dehydration rxns
      B. Acids and Bases
         1. Acid
         2. Base
      C. pH scale
      D. Buffers

  II. Organic cpds
      A. Carbon

 III. Macromolecules
      A. Carbohydrates
         1. Monosaccharide
         2. Disaccharides
            a. dehydration rxn.
            b. hydrolysis rxn.
         3. Polysaccharides.
            a. monomers
            b. polymers
      B. Lipids
         1. Triglycerides
            a. Composition
               1) Fatty acids
               2) Glycerol
            b. Structure
               1) Saturated
               2) Unsaturated
         2. Phospholipids
            1) amphipathic
         3. Steroids
      C. Proteins
         1. Functions
         2. Monomers
            a. amino acids - 20
               1) amino group
               2) carboxyl group
               3) R group
         3. Assembly
            a. peptide bond 
         4. Structural level
            a. Primary
            b. Secondary
               2) alpha helix
               1) beta sheet
            C. Tertiary
            D. Quaternary
         5. Denaturation
      D. Nucleic Acids
            a. Nucleotides
               1) base
                  a) Adenine
                  b) Guanine
                  c) Cytosine
                  d) Thymine
                  e) Uracil
                2) pentose sugar
                3) phosphate group
         1. DNA
            a. Function
            b. Composition
               1) complementary base pairing
         2. RNA
            a. Function
            b. Composition
         3. ATP