Organic Molecules

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Organic Molecules

• Molecules of LifeMolecules of our Food

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Organic (Food) Molecules

• Found in and produced by living organisms
• Large and complex
• Carbon to carbon backbones - C C C - C

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Organic Molecules

• Proteins
• Carbohydrates (sugars and starches)
• Nucleic Acids (DNA RNA)
• Lipids (Fats cholesterol)

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Proteins

• Polymers of amino acids
• Polymer
• Monomer

 
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Proteins

• Build an amino acid

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Proteins

• Q How do amino acids combine to form proteins?
• A Dehydration Synthesis

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Proteins

• Q Are cow proteins identical to human
  proteins?
• Q Are cow amino acids identical to human amino
  acids?

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Digestion Hydrolysis
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Who makes Amino Acids?

• Answer
• What simple inorganic molecules do they use?
• ?

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Proteins

• FUNCTIONS OF(How are proteins used in living
  organisms?)
• Silk of spider web
• Enzymes (protein catalysts helper molecules
• Animals hemoglobin (blood protein, carries O2)
• Some hormones are proteins (e.g. insulin)
• Some structures are proteins (hair, nails)

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Nucleic AcidsPolymers of nucleotides

• (A sample nucleotide)

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Carbohydrates

• Monosaccharides, a.k.a
• Disaccharides, a.k.a
• Polysaccharides, a.k.a

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Carbohydrates

• Monosaccharides
• ex GLUCOSE!

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Glucose Linear ? Ring
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Carbohydrates

• GLUCOSE
• Who makes glucose?
• By what process?

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Carbohydrates

• GLUCOSE
• Who uses glucose? Why?
• By what process?
• Where is it broken down?

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Carbohydrates

• Disaccharides

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Carbohydrates(Disaccharides)

• SUGAR MATH!
• Lactose Glucose Galactose
• Maltose Glucose Glucose
• Sucrose Glucose Fructose

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Carbohydrates

• Polysaccharides

 
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Extension to Carbohydrates

• And now, what about insulin?