Lecture 4 Sept. 6 Biological Molecules

Carbohydrates

Types—simple like glucose

Compound like starch

Functions

Energy transformations

Structural

Lipids

Fats

Phospholipids

Steroids

Proteins

Primary structure

Secondary “

Tertiary “

Quaternary “

Nucleic acids

Linear polymer of nucleotides

Porphyrins

Fe

Mg