Chime Structures - Biomolecules

The following are examples of molecules found in biological systems.  

If you have trouble viewing these structures, click here.

 

Glucose, C6H12O6
carbohydrate - monosaccharide

Sucrose, C12H22O11
carbohydrate - disaccharide

A portion of amylose - starch
carbohydrate - polysaccharide

A portion of cellulose
carbohydrate - polysaccharide

Glycine, NH2CH2CO2H
amino acid

Alanine, NH2CH(CH3)CO2H
amino acid

Oleic acid,
CH3(CH2)7CHCH(CH2)7CO2H
fatty acid

Stearic acid, CH3(CH2)16CO2H
fatty acid
 

Saturated triglyceride
 

Unsaturated triglyceride
 

Gamma-aminobutanoic acid
neurotransmitter

Cholesterol
steroid

 

Do the following to manipulate the molecules.

Click and hold the left mouse button and move the mouse to rotate a molecule.

Shift + click and hold the left mouse button and move the mouse to zoom in or out.

Click the right mouse button to see the menu.

To view the structures, you need the Chime plug-in. If you do not already have it, click on the image below.

chemscape.gif (2214 bytes)

You can find the latest browsers by clicking on the images below.

netscape.gif (854 bytes)   explorer.gif (9132 bytes)   Mozilla Firefox

Return to top.

Copyright 2012 Mark Bishop markbishop@preparatorychemistry.com