Breaks down
Builds up
Response to environmental changes
Ability to reproduce itself in kind
4 chemical elements: Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen
Fundamental unit of life
Mainly contains carbon combined with hydrogen and oxygen
Simplest and most abundant in nature
Major food and energy source
Simple sugar
A complex sugar composed of galactose and glucose.
The inhibitor binds to a different site, altering enzyme function without affecting substrate.
Complex sugars composed of several smaller monosaccharides.
Neutral fats or oils, esters of alcohol and fatty acids.
Water
Muscular contraction, conduction of nerve impulses, acid-base and water balance
Amino acids and acidic carboxyl group.
Compound lipids that form cellular structures and protect cells.
Neither simple nor compound lipids that originate from either via hydrolysis.
Regulating membrane fluidity, permeability, and membrane protein functions.
A bio-macromolecule that functions as a source of energy in animal cells and a structural component in plant cells.
DNA contains instructions for making proteins, copied by RNA, which uses those instructions to create proteins.
The sequence of amino acids.
Deoxyribose
High heat vaporization
The inhibitor competes with the substrate for the enzyme's active site, reducing enzyme activity.
Bio-macromolecules present in the cell membrane that are not water soluble.
RNA is responsible for coding for proteins through translation.
Ribose
Heredity
The part of a lipid that repels water.
High degree of surface tension
Low-Density Lipoprotein, known as bad cholesterol.
The building blocks of nucleic acids, consisting of a nitrogenous base, a phosphate group, and a sugar.
Ribonucleic Acid
Double Helix
High-Density Lipoprotein, known as good cholesterol.
70%
To accelerate chemical reactions by lowering the energy needed for the reaction to occur.
Lipids combined with sphingosine that are involved in tissue development and cell recognition.
Single Helix
Proteins embedded within the lipid bilayer that span the membrane and are involved in transport, signaling, or structural support.
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Components of the immune system that identify and neutralize foreign bodies.
Protein Synthesis
