How can you identify a macromolecule from its structure? In this video, I’ll give you some tips to help you determine which of the 4 macromolecules you’ve got - carbohydrate, lipid, protein, or nucleic acid - using clues in the molecule. And at the end, test yourself with a quiz featuring the most common macromolecule mixups I’ve seen from past students.
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00:00 Intro
00:30 How to identify carbohydrates - monosaccharide, disaccharide, polysaccharide
02:58 How to identify lipids - triglyceride, phospholipid, steroid
04:50 How to identify proteins - amino acid, dipeptide, polypeptide
06:13 How to identify nucleic acids - nucleotide, DNA, RNA
07:39 Macromolecules Practice Quiz!

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