Question

lab 4.6 build macromolecules
the molecules in pages 41 and 43 can be used to build different macromolecules either a fat (triglyceride), a disaccharide (carbohydrate), a dipeptide (pro nucleotide. you will be asked to connect the pieces together during the lab. for now, decide which molecules can be used to build which macromolecul introduction of lab 4 to learn more about the structure of these macromolecules.

• stearic acid - myristic acid and palmitic acid are all fatty acids. they are used to build triglyceride
• glycerol can be used to build select
• glucose molecules (x2) can be linked together to build a disaccharide
• triphosphate is found in select
• ribose sugar is used to build a select
• adenine is a nitrogenous base found in select
• alanine and glycine are both amino acids that can be linked together to build a dipeptide

Explanation:

Glycerol can be used to build:

Triglycerides (fats) are formed from one glycerol molecule and three fatty acid molecules. So glycerol is a component to build triglyceride.

Nucleotides (like ATP - adenosine triphosphate) contain a triphosphate group. Also, nucleotides are the building blocks of nucleic acids (DNA, RNA). So triphosphate is found in nucleotide (or nucleic acid - but more directly in nucleotide as ATP is a nucleotide with triphosphate).

Ribose sugar is a component of RNA (ribonucleic acid). The building block of RNA is ribonucleotide, which consists of ribose sugar, a nitrogenous base, and a phosphate group. So ribose sugar is used to build a nucleotide (specifically ribonucleotide, part of RNA) or nucleic acid (RNA). But in the context of macromolecules here, the nucleotide is the building block, and ribose is part of the nucleotide. So the answer is nucleotide (or more precisely, ribonucleotide, but in the given options context, nucleotide).

Answer:

Triglyceride

Triphosphate is found in: