CHAPTER 2: THE CHEMICAL LEVEL OF ORGANIZATION

I. MATTER & ENERGY

II. Each element is made of units called ATOMS == smallest units of matter that can enter into chemical rxn.
An element is a quantity of matter made of atoms all of the same type.
V. ORGANIC SUBSTANCES IN HUMAN BODY
contain C, H, & O --held together by covalent bonds
CARBOHYDRATES, LIPIDS, PROTEINS, NUCLEIC ACIDS, ATP, CYCLIC AMP



Glycerol + 1 fatty acid == monoglyceride

Glycerol + 2 fatty acids == diglyceride

Glycerol + 3 fatty acids == triglyceride

MAIN FUNCTION OF FAT == STORED ENERGY == FAT

NOTE: difference between staurated fat (fat on steak, lard) & unsaturated fat (veg. oil)--unsat. has more places with = bonds (2 pair of shared electrons), so it has more places to add other chemicals & break apart Proteins are used to make antibodies, structures, enzymes; proteins are held together by H bonds == weak bonds

Shape of proteins can be changed by exposure to
heat, radiation, electricity, strong chemicals --these will break the weak bonds & DENATURE THE PROTEIN ==change the nature--egg white cooked & uncooked; when protein in the cell is denatured, the cell will die

SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS OF RNA --help to make proteins by carrying a code from the DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome of the cell in the cytoplasm


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