5.A Biomolecules R.A.R.E Day

What is the primary function of structural proteins?

Which cellular function is shared by carbohydrates and lipids?

Dystrophin is a molecule that holds muscle fibers together. In people with muscular dystrophy, a genetic disease that causes people to lose the ability to walk at a young age, dystrophin molecules never develop. What type biomolecule would dystrophin be classified as?

Bowhead whales can have a specialized layer of blubber up to 30 cm’s thick. This acts as a special insulation that traps the heat their muscles create from movement. This layer of insulation allows this marine mammal to remain in frigid temperatures for longer without freezing to death.

What biomolecule is the blubber primarily made of?

The ancestor of mitochondria is theorized to have been an early prokaryote that could perform aerobic respiration. This type of respiration used oxygen in the environment as well as glucose to make ATP energy and the bi product carbon dioxide. Which biomolecule is still used by the mitochondria to make ATP energy?