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).
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