What type of molecule is shown here? Give its biological importance?

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Q: Describe how an ester bond is formed.

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Q: The protein pictured has .. O A) primary structure B) secondary structure C) tertiary structure D)…

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Q: What metabolic structure is produced from the carbon atoms of each of the following amino acids?…

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Q: What portion of a phospholipid does not associate with water? A.) the fatty acid tails B.) glycerol…

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Q: Describe a rough structure of a phospholipid and explain the main difference with sphingolipid.

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Q: Differentiate between a monomer and a polymer. How arepolymers formed?

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Q: Draw structure of Cytosine, Thymine and Uracil and describe the difference in the structure?

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Q: rotein structure and what type of bond is primarily responsible for each level?

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Q: Why are hydrogen bonds so important in biological systems, considering that they are so weak?

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