1. The science that deals with the chemical composition of living organisms is called_______________.

2. Large molecules such as starch and protein, made of many similar or identicalsubunits, are called _______________.

3. A functional group represented –NH₂ is called a/an _______________ group.

4. Substances that will not dissolve in water are said to be _______________.

5. A fatty acid with numerous C=C bonds is said to be _______________.

6. Smaller molecules that reversibly bind to a protein, such as a substrate to itsenzyme or a hormone to its receptor, are called _______________.

7. Enzymes called _______________ add phosphate groups to other organic molecules.

8. The place where a substrate binds to an enzyme is called the enzyme’s _______________.

9. Vitamin derivatives that transfer hydrogen atoms from one enzymatic pathway toanother are called _______________.

10. Any shutdown of a metabolic pathway by its own end-product is called _______________.

11. ATP consists of three phosphate groups, ribose, and a nitrogenous base called _______________.

12. Triglycerides consist of three _______________ covalently bonded to glycerol.

13. Adjacent residues of a protein are held together by _______________ bonds.

14. The assembly of numerous monomers into a large repetitive molecule is called _______________.

15. A chemical reaction that consumes water to break a covalent bond in a largermolecule is called _______________.

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