Biomolecules are organic molecules especially macromolecules like carbohydrates, proteins in living organisms. All living forms bacteria, algae, plant and animals are made of similar macromolecules that are responsible for life.
Like all other biomolecules carbohydrates are made of micromolecules and macromolecules. Micromolecules are the monosaccharides while the macromolecules are the oligosaccharides and polysaccahrides. Actually, the micromolecules polymerize and condense to form macromolecules.
"Biomolecules" is not a recognized term in biochemistry, rather a term such as organic molecules or macromolecules would be more appropriate. The simple answer is all foods ha … ve complex organic macromolecules such as lipids (fat), carbohydrates/sugars and protein in varying quantities and types.
Glycerol and Fatty Acids. One major class of lipids is called glycerolipids. Glycerolipids are composed of glycerol and fatty acids. Glycerol, whose structural formula is shown at right, has three carbon atoms, each of which has a hydroxyl (-OH) group bound to it.
Nucleic acids—our buddies deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, and ribonucleic acid, or RNA—consist of long chains of nucleotides, which are monomers. (Sensing a pattern yet? Good.
Nucleic acids are polymers of individual nucleotide monomers. Each nucleotide is composed of three parts: a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base. Only two 5-carbon sugars are found in nature: ribose and deoxyribose.
Most biomolecules are organic compounds, and just four elements—oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen—make up 96% of the human body's mass. But many other elements, such as the various biometals, are present in small amounts.
Proteins are made up of hundreds of smaller units called amino acids that are attached to one another by peptide bonds, forming a long chain. You can think of a protein as a string of beads where each bead is an amino acid.
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