BIOCHEMISTRY CROSSWORD KEY

Original Document: Biochemistry Crossword

 

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1. synthesis where water is removed and two organic compounds bond together - dehydration
2. type of fatty acid that has all single bonds (making them solid at room temperature) - saturated
4. milk sugar - lactose
5. an important component of cell membrane - phospholipid
7. class of organic compounds consisting of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms; includes monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides - carbohydrate
8. composed of one or more chains of amino acids - protein
10. the number of electrons in carbon's outer shell -four
11. type of liped that has four interlocking rings, examples are cholesterol, estrogen and testosterone - steroid
12. the splitting of a compound by the addition of water - hydrolysis
14. organic catalyst, usually a protein molecule that speeds reactions - enzyme
17. in animals, long chains of glucose used for energy storage - glycogen
20. monomer of DNA an RNA, consists of a 5 carbon sugar, a nitrogen containing base, and a phosphate group - nucleotide

 

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3. molecules with the same molecular formula but different structure, and therefore shape - isomer
6. insoluble in water, repels water, "water fearing" - hydrophobic
9. a common monosaccharide - glucose
11. in plants, long chains of glucose used for energy storage - starch
13. polysaccharide that makes up plant cell walls - cellulose
15. glucose plus fructose - sucrose
16. type of bond that holds amino acids together - peptide
18. term used to describe molecules that have a carbon skeleton and some hydrogen atoms - organic
19. polysaccharide that makes up the exoskeleton of insects - chitin
21. macromolecule consisting of covalently bonded monomers
polymer