Macromolecules

... " In its simplest sense life is just an organized set of chemical reactions occurring between the functional groups of biologically important macromolecules. " This is going to be on my exam, so please help!

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Q5. b) Describe 2 features of macromolecules that enable them to be used as energy reserves within living cells. I'm at a blank. Could somebody help me please? I've tried searching but I can't find an answer.

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... and nucleic acid precursors... Some cells of the immune system (e.g. dendritic cells) also "eat" viruses among many other types of macromolecules. They do not do this for nutritional purposes, though, but in order to break down the virus and display viral antigens to other immune ...

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... Given data on acid sequences determine a relation between organisms - what are the compenets inside a cholorplast? - what are the types of macromolecules in living organisms? - know types of linkages (peptide, ester, glycosidic etc.) - what are enantiomers? - be able to match up cell structure ...

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... in the center that only allows the passage of a particular ion. Other polar molecules pass through other passage proteins (pumps/permeases). Macromolecules (proteins, polynucleotides, polysaccharides) are an exception - they cannot pass through the cell membrane, simply because they are too ...

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