Biological Molecule
A Biological Molecule is a molecule that is produced within an organism by biosynthesis.
- AKA: Biomolecule.
- Context:
- It can be of a Biomolecule Type.
- It can range from being a Biological Micromolecule to being a Biological Macromolecule.
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- Example(s):
- a Gene Product, such as an organism protein.
- an Organism Lipid.
- a Neurotransmitting Molecule.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Organic Compound, Carbohydrate, Polysaccharide, Nucleic Acid, Small Molecule, Metabolite, Secondary Metabolites, Biogenic Substance.
References
2014
- (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomolecule Retrieved:2014-6-5.
- A biomolecule is any molecule that is produced by a living organism, including large macromolecules such as proteins, polysaccharides, lipids, and nucleic acids, as well as small molecules such as primary metabolites, secondary metabolites, and natural products. A more general name for this class of molecules is biogenic substances.
2016
- (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomolecule Retrieved:2016-4-13.
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A biomolecule or biological molecule is any molecule that is present in living organisms, including large macromolecules such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids, as well as small molecules such as primary metabolites, secondary metabolites, and natural products. A more general name for this class of material is biological materials. Biomolecules are usually endogenous but may also be exogenous. For example, pharmaceutical drugs may be natural products or semisynthetic (biopharmaceuticals) or they may be totally synthetic.
Biology and its subsets of biochemistry and molecular biology study biomolecules and their reactions. Most biomolecules are organic compounds, and just four elements —— oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen — make up 96% of the human body's mass. But many other elements, such as the various biometals, are present in small amounts.
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