1. Biology 122 Genes and Development
Macromolecules
Biology 122
Genes and Development

2. Functional groups in biological molecules

5. Carbohydrates

9. Polysaccharides

11. Nucleic acids

12. On the right is Friedrich Miescher’s laboratory, where DNA was discovered.
On the left is the adjacent lab of Felix Hoppe-Seyler, one of the founders of Biochemistry.
From The Scientist, Dec. 2008

18. DNA
B form of DNA: DNA at the Macromolecular Museum

19. Proteins

20. Tab. 3.2

24. Protein structure
Primary structure of insulin

25. Protein structure
Tertiary structure

26. Protein structure
Proteins with the same function from different organisms have almost the same tertiary structure.

27. Homeodomain protein tree. Green = plants; Brown = fungi; Blue = animals

29. Example proteins T7 DNA polymerase [single subunit]
Ruv A Recombinase [quaternary structure]

31. Lipids