Structure of Macromolecules

The structure of macromolecules affects their function in many important ways. Most macrmolecules interact with other macromolecules to acquire their function. Each macromolecule must find another macromolecule with the same exact fit in order for an interaction to occur. Therefore if their structures are not the same, the macromolecule will lose their function. For example, in order for proteins to serve as catalysts it has to have a precise tertiary structure or else the function will not occur. Another example are nucleic acids : DNA and RNA. In Quaternary structure, high level organization of DNA in chromatin and its interactions between separates RNA units into ribosome. Without having proper structure formation of nucleic acids, the DNA wouldn't have been able to help RNA units convert into ribosome. This is why the structure of macromolecules affects their function resulting in no production of materials necessary for the body if structure is not accurate.

Biochem Wordle

These Words that i chosen were the ones that are really important to know for the unit on biochem. All living organisms are made up of atoms because cells are formed by atoms. Anything around us is made up of atoms living or non-living because the object just has to have mass and take up space. Proteins are useful in everything organisms do. They transport other substances in the body, used as storage, signals between organisms, and also help with the movement and defense against foreign substances. Lipids are diverse hydrophobic(no affinity to water) molecules and consist mostly of hydrocarbons. One especially important family of lipids are fats. They store lots of energy in your body. Two types of fats are saturated fats and unsaturated fats. In saturated fats, The molecules are closed together,forming a solid. In unsaturated fats, molecules are not packed together. By learning about both types of fats I got to the conclusion that saturated fats can cause great harm to your body because they mostly come from animals and because saturated facts have a solid shape they are harder to digest. On the other hand, unsaturated fats are liquids at room temperature which include corn oil and peanuts. Which can actually help lower a person's cholesterol. We must know the correct information on these biochem words to make proper decisions that can affect our body because each single biochem word above is being used or is stored in our body at this very moment.

C3, C4, and CAM plants

C3 plants get their carbon dioxide directly from air.  Their carbon fixation produces a 3 carbon compound.  When the C3 plant is dry, its stomata closes which results in no photosynthetic activity. Some examples of C3 plants are rice, wheat and soybeans.  C4 plants have a fixation of a 4 carbon compound.  They are not sustainable to oxygen molecules.  Can fix carbon even under very low carbon dioxide levels.  C4 plants are highly adaptable in high temperatures and intense sunlight.  Some examples include corn and sugarcane.  CAM plants fix carbon into a 4 carbon compound and stored in the vacuoles of plant cells.  Its stomata only opens at night and its calvin cycle runs during the day. CAM plants are highly adapted to little to no rain areas.  Some CAM plant examples include cacti, pineapple and other desert-adapted plants.

5 macromolecules

The five types of macromolecules are carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins, proteins and nucleic acids.
 A carbohydrate contains monosaccharides (Ex. gluscose and fructose), disaccharides( Ex. sucrose formed by the linkage of fructose and glucose) and finally polysaccharides(Ex. cellulose, starch-reserve function in plants and Glycogen -reserve in animals and stored in the liver of humans). Lipids contain fatty acids( saturated-animal fat and unsaturated- oils), traclyglycerols(glycerol molecule w/ 3fatty acids) and phospholipids,steroids, and lipid bilayer. Two examples of vitamins are Vitamin A(Ritinol) and Vitamin B(Riboflavin...can be found in milk). Preoteins have a primary(amino acids), secondary(alpha and beta strand), teritary(lysozyme), and quaternary structures(hemoglobin). Two main nucleic acids are DNA(linear polymer made up two strands consisting of hydrogen bonds between nitrogenous bases forming a double felix) and RNA(linear polymer formed by a single strand).