Biol 341 unit 1 cells - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

UNIT 1: CELLS, WATER, AND BUFFERS BIOCHEMISTRY  The branch of science concerned with the chemical and physiochemical processes and substances that occur within living organisms The four main classes of molecules are: - Carbohydrates (and their building blocks, sugars) - Lipids (and their building blocks, fatty acids) - Proteins (and their building blocks, amino acids) - Nucleic acids (and their building blocks, nucleotides, and ribonucleotides) Six elements make up about 99% of t...