fructose - Combines with glucose to form sucrose, primary - Name given to the structure of a protein molecule when it consists of a basic polypeptide chain, organic - Term given to molecules in living organisms because they contain carbon and hydrogen, glycerol - Type of alcohol in a triglyceride, monosaccharides - The monomers which are the building blocks of carbohydrates, hydrolysis - Type of reaction in which polymers are broken down into monomers with the addition of water molecules, iodine - Test for starch, emulsion - Test for lipids, R group - The part of the molecule that differs from one amino acid to another, tertiary - Name given to the structure of a protein molecule when the chain is twisted into a 3D, globular shape, dipeptide - Formed when two amino acids join together, condensation - Type of chemical reaction in which a water molecule is removed, glycosidic - Name of the bond which joins two carbohydrate monomers, maltose - Disaccharide formed when two alpha glucose molecules join, hydrophobic - A property where a molecule repels water, fatty acid - One of the two types of molecule that forms a triglyceride, polymer - Describes a molecule made up of many identical building blocks, reducing - Type of sugar that gives a positive result with Benedict's reagent, saturated - Fatty acids that do not contain double bonds in their chains, disulfide - One of the types of bonds found in the tertiary structure of a protein, denatured - Term that describes a protein that has lost it's tertiary structure, possibly due to heating,

Biological Molecules

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