what is used by living organisms to produce a number of organic molecules like amino acids, proteins, and nucleic acids.
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- Ecological Cycles. Nitrogen, Carbon-Oxygen, Phosphorus, Sulfur. The Nitrogen cycle The Nitrogen Cycle Nitrogen is used by living organisms to produce a number of complex organic molecules like amino acids, proteins, and nucleic acids. 78% of the world’s atmosphere is nitrogen Despite its abundance in the atmosphere, nitrogen is often the most limiting nutrient for plant growth.
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Organic Macromolecules 1 Organic compounds are those that contain carbon (e.g. carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids). 2  For example, a piece of human liver contains 80% water, 12% protein, 5% fats, 2% nucleic acids, 1% carbohydrate and less than 1% of other substances. 3  Many organic molecules are assembled from small repeated units. Proteins are macromolecules made from amino acids, nucleic acids are made from nucleotides, carbohydrates are made from monosaccharides or simple sugars, and lipids are made from fatty acids and glycerol.
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- The four major classes of organic molecules include carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and nucleic acids.​. Carbohydrates. The term carbohydrate is actually a descriptor of what these molecules are composed of; carbon hydrates, in a ratio of one carbon molecule to one water molecule (CH2O)n.
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Terms Proteins, nucleic acids and polysaccharides are long chains of repeating subunits. Proteins are composed of chains of amino acids, nucleic acids are composed of chains of nucleotides, and polysaccharides are composed of chains of simple sugars.
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- Nucleic Acids are biopolymers, or large biomolecules, essential for all known forms of life. Nucleic acids, which include DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) and RNA (ribonucleic acid), are made from monomers known as nucleotides. Each nucleotide has three components: a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base. If the sugar is deoxyribose, the polymer is DNA. If the sugar is ribose, the polymer is RNA.
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- Nucleic acids also typically contain phosphorous, and nitrogen plays an important structural role in nucleic acids and proteins. The proteins, being made up a diverse set of amino acids, have, in addition to carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, the elements sulfur and selenium.
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What Are the Four Organic Molecules Found in Living Things? Proteins are probably the most versatile of all the organic molecules, making up many structures and executing various functions within organisms. Building blocks called amino acids make up proteins. About 20 different amino acids combine to form all of the various types of proteins on Earth.
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Organic Molecules Functional Groups: Nucleic Acids DNA Nucleotides are organic molecules that serve as the monomers, or subunits, of nucleic acids like DNA and RNA. The building blocks of nucleic acids, nucleotides are composed of a nitrogenous base, a five-carbon sugar (ribose or deoxyribose), and at least one phosphate group.his nucleotide contains the five-carbon sugar deoxyribose, a nitrogenous base called adenine, and one phosphate group.
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- Organic molecules can contain hundreds or even thousands of atoms that can be arranged in many ways. The table above compares the four groups of organic compounds that make up all living things – carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids.Carbohydrates Carbohydrates are organic molecules that supply energy for cell processes.Sugars and starches are carbohydrates that cells use for energy.rganic molecules can contain hundreds or even thousands of atoms that can be arranged in many ways. The table above compares the four groups of organic compounds that make up all living things – carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids.
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The Catabolism of Nucleic Acids Lipids are broken down into fatty acids. Proteins are broken down into amino acids. Nucleic acids are broken down into nucleotides. With the exception of water and salt, everything we eat comes from a living thing.The burrito you are eating consists of all things that were alive. The lettuce is made up of plant cells. The steak is made of muscle cells.The tortilla is made of plant cells from corn. We often mention the carb, protein and fat content of a food but don’t talk about the nucleic acid content.roteins are broken down into amino acids. Nucleic acids are broken down into nucleotides. With the exception of water and salt, everything we eat comes from a living thing. The burrito you are eating consists of all things that were alive.
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Proteins The amides contain nitrogen, and nitrogen composes about 16% of the protein atomic content. These proteins are created in the body by condensation of amino acids under the influence of enzyme catalysts, using patterns or direction from the nucleic acids in the cells. The amino acid units in a protein molecule are held together by peptide bonds, and form chains called polypeptide chains. The sequencing of the 20 amino acids forms a kind of alphabet for expression of the type of protein, leading to a very large number of types of proteins.
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- Biological Molecules. Paul Andersen describes the four major biological molecules found in living things. He begins with a brief discussion of polymerization. Dehydration synthesis is used to connect monomers into polymers and hydrolysis breaks them down again.The major characteristics of nucleic acids are described as well as there directionality from 3' to 5' end.e begins with a brief discussion of polymerization. Dehydration synthesis is used to connect monomers into polymers and hydrolysis breaks them down again. The major characteristics of nucleic acids are described as well as there directionality from 3' to 5' end.
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What Are the Four Organic Molecules Found in Living Things? Living things are made of four types of molecules, known as macromolecules: proteins, lipids (fats), carbohydrates (sugars) and nucleic acids (DNA and RNA).Each type of macromolecule is made of its own building blocks, which are connected like Legos to form different shapes.NA, a double-stranded molecule made of linked nucleic acids, carries the genetic information for making all four types of macromolecules in cells. The information in DNA is copied into another nucleic acid called RNA, which is like a mirror image of DNA.
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What Are the Four Organic Molecules Found in Living Things? Living things are made of four types of molecules, known as macromolecules: proteins, lipids (fats), carbohydrates (sugars) and nucleic acids (DNA and RNA).Each type of macromolecule is made of its own building blocks, which are connected like Legos to form different shapes.arbohydrates. Carbohydrates are sugars. A carbohydrate can take the form of a simple sugar, such as table sugar, or long fibers that are part of wood. Carbohydrates are made of building blocks called monosaccharides. Table sugar, called sucrose, is formed by the joining the two monosaccharides glucose and fructose.
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Bright Hub There are four main types of organic molecules including proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids. slide 2 of 8. Carbohydrates Carbohydrates are composed of carbon hydrates. The ratio is one water molecule to one carbon molecule (CH2O)n.
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- 1 Proteins-composed of amino acid monomers and have a wide variety of functions including molecular transport and muscle movement. 2  Nucleic Acids-include DNA and RNA. 3  Nucleic acids contain instructions for protein synthesis and allow organisms to transfer genetic information from one generation to the next.
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- Proteins Organic compounds called proteins have many important functions in living organisms. They. are made of smaller molecules called amino acids. Proteins are the building blocks of many structures in. organisms. Your muscles contain large amount of protein. Proteins are scattered throughout cell. membranes.
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- Biological uses of Nitrogen. Nucleic Acids, which are made of nitrogen containing compound combined with a phosphate group and a sugar (N compound-CH8O2-PO4) Amino Acids are made a nitrogen containing amino group (NH2) combined with a carboxyl group (COOH) and one of 20 different side groups (R). The final product is: NH2-COOH-R.
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Biological Molecules Nucleic acids have 3 major components; phosphate group, nitrogenous base and a five membered sugar molecule. Biological molecules play an important role in the survival of living cells. For example, nucleic acids are involved in the transfer of genetic information and synthesis of proteins.Carbohydrates provide energy to living cells for their activities.iological molecules play an important role in the survival of living cells. For example, nucleic acids are involved in the transfer of genetic information and synthesis of proteins. Carbohydrates provide energy to living cells for their activities.
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Learn About Nucleic Acids Nucleic acids are molecules that allow organisms to transfer genetic information from one generation to the next. There are two types of nucleic acids: deoxyribonucleic acid (better known as DNA) and ribonucleic acid (better known as RNA). Nucleic Acids: Nucleotides. Nucleic acids are composed of nucleotide monomers linked together. Nucleotides contain three parts: A Nitrogenous Base; A Five-Carbon Sugar
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What Are the Four Organic Molecules Found in Living Things? Nucleic Acids. If proteins are the work force of the cell, then DNA is the brains of the cell. DNA, a double-stranded molecule made of linked nucleic acids, carries the genetic information for making all four types of macromolecules in cells.The information in DNA is copied into another nucleic acid called RNA, which is like a mirror image of DNA.NA, a double-stranded molecule made of linked nucleic acids, carries the genetic information for making all four types of macromolecules in cells. The information in DNA is copied into another nucleic acid called RNA, which is like a mirror image of DNA.
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- Nitrogen, contained in amino acids, proteins, and DNA, is necessary for life. While there is an abundance. of nitrogen in nature, almost all is in an unreactive form (gaseous nitrogen, N2) that is not usable by most. organisms. In the absence of human intervention, the supply of reactive nitrogen in the environment is not. sufficient to sustain the current abundance of human life.
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ENZYMES Amino acids are organic compounds made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and (in some cases) sulfur bonded in characteristic formations. Strings of amino acids make up proteins, of which there are countless varieties.
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- Nucleic Acids. Like many biological molecules nucleic acids are polymers, long molecules formed of repeating units. With nucleic acids, the repeating unit is the nucleotide. A nucleotide consists of a five carbon sugar, a nitrogen containing base and a phosphate group.