Topic
Macromolecular Structure Determines Function and Regulation
Framing Question
What factors contribute to the size and complexity of biological macromolecules?
Learning Objectives
- Discuss the diversity and complexity of various biologically relevant macromolecules and macromolecular assemblies in terms of evolutionary fitness.
- Describe the basic units of the macromolecules and the types of linkages between them.
- Compare and contrast the processes involved in the biosynthesis of the major types of macromolecules (proteins, nucleic acids and carbohydrates).
- Compare and contrast the processes involved in the degradation of the major types of macromolecules (proteins, nucleic acids and carbohydrates
- Understand that proteins are made up of domains and be able to discuss how the protein families arise from duplication of a primordial gene.
