Amino acids, polymers, proteins

The main monomer here is called a nucleotide:

Campbell and Reece

A nucleotide includes one of these five nucleic acid bases as well as a sugar --- either deoxyribose or ribose --- as well as a phosphate group (contains phosphorus, P).

Remember P: We'll come back to it a couple of times in the next lecture or two.

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