name 4 group of organic compounds found in living things and discribe 1 fuctions of each?

Answer 1

1) protein- example= enzyme...catalyzes reactions, structural
2) fat- in cell membrane, storage of energy, insulation
3) nucleic acid- in DNA (=genetic information...the recipe to make u)
4) carbohydrate- to make energy (i.e. more ATP)

Answer 2

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name 4 group of organic compounds found in living things and discribe 1 fuctions of each?

Answer 3

4 Organic Compounds

Answer 4

Just to expand ...

Protein - is a chain of amino-acids
A carbohydrate - is a chain of monosacharides
A lipid - is a chain of fatty acids over Glycol
DNA - is a spiral chain of nucleotides over a backbone of Deoxyribose (a type of sugar)

Answer 5

Carbohydrate( sugar and starches)--- gives the body energy
Lipid( oil, fat, and cholesterol)--- stores energy
Protein--- helps reproduce tissue
Nucleic Acids--- two types are DNA and RNA
DNA stores genetic material and RNA produces protein

Answer 6

The 4 macromolecules (big molecules) found in living things are:

Nucleic acids -- DNA stores our genetic information (cookbook for proteins, etc.); DNA is found in the nucleus of eukaryotes, hense the name nucleic acids. DNA is *by far* the largest molecule in a cell. RNA comes in a few varieties, including mRNA and tRNA which are involved in protein production. mRNA and tRNA are found in the cytosol, not the nucleus.

Proteins come in a variety of structures and serve many functions. Protein is the major component of a cell's dry mass (i.e. next to water, cells are mostly protein). Some proteins serve a structural function (e.g. cytoskeleton), control chemical reactions (enzymes), provide motion (e.g. cilia, flagella), facilitate intracellular transport (e.g. motor proteins), and may play a role in intercellular communication (e.g. hormones, gap junctions, ligand-receptor binding, ion channels, etc.). Proteins are produced by ribosomes from mRNA templates, either in the cytosol or at the surface of the RER (for cytosolic or secreted proteins, respectively).

Carbs (sugars) provide readily available energy. While ATP is the energy carrier in the cell, in animals, glucose carries energy between cells by way of the blood. In plants, starch is the main energy-storing carb, not glucose.

Fats, which are dehydrated carbs, are major part of the cell membrane, also provide energy storage and insulation in animals. Lipids are produced in the SER.

Answer 7

1. Carbohydrates > made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, which is similar to water; thus, they are called "hydrates of water"

2. fats/lipids > hydrophobic, or doesn't mix with water
> insulators of heat
> made up of C, H, O, N

3. steroids > not related to fats chemically but they exhibit properties similar to fat's

4. proteins > undergoes the process of deamination to yield energy and build tissues


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Answer 8

amino acids- enzymes
carbohydrates- short term energy / structure (cellulose)
lipids- structure (cell membrane) / energy storage

i dunno abt the 4th...

Answer 9

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