3.1 Biological molecules

Proteins

  Proteins: TOPICS: Carbohydrates  Lipids  Proteins  Many proteins are enzymes  Nucleic acids  ATP  Water  Inorganic Ions Amino acids are the monomers of proteins. The structure of these molecules should be known: A condensation reaction between two of these...

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Lipids

  TOPICS: Carbohydrates  Lipids  Proteins  Many proteins are enzymes  Nucleic acids  ATP  Water  Inorganic Ions Lipids: Triglycerides are formed by the condensation reactions of one molecule of glycerol and 3 molecules of fatty acids to create ester bonds:...

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ATP

Biological molecules (AQA AS Biology) PART 6 of 8 TOPICS     TOPICS: Carbohydrates  Lipids  Proteins  Many proteins are enzymes  Nucleic acids  ATP  Water  Inorganic Ions ATP: ATP (Adenosine triphosphate) is a single molecule made up of adenine, ribose and...

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Nucleic acids

Biological molecules (AQA AS Biology) PART 5 of 8 TOPICS: Nucleic acids     TOPICS: Carbohydrates  Lipids  Proteins  Many proteins are enzymes  Nucleic acids  ATP  Water  Inorganic Ions Nucleic acids: Two types of nucleic acids needs to be known for this...

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Inorganic ions

Biological molecules (AQA AS Biology) PART 8 of 8 TOPICS     TOPICS: Carbohydrates  Lipids  Proteins  Many proteins are enzymes  Nucleic acids  ATP  Water  Inorganic Ions Inorganic ions: Inorganic ions can either occur in high concentrations or low...

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Carbohydrates

TOPICS: Carbohydrates  Lipids  Proteins  Many proteins are enzymes  Nucleic acids  ATP  Water  Inorganic Ions Carbohydrates: Monosaccharides are the monomers from which larger carbohydrates are made. These include glucose, fructose and galactose. Only the structure of...

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Many proteins are enzymes

Biological molecules (AQA AS Biology) PART 4 of 8 TOPICS: Many proteins are enzymes     Many proteins are enzymes: TOPICS: Carbohydrates  Lipids  Proteins  Many proteins are enzymes  Nucleic acids  ATP  Water  Inorganic Ions At GCSE, the lock and key model...

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