Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The smallest quantity of living matter that can exhibit some of the chemical phenomena of life; a molecule of living substance, in contradistinction to a molecule of lifeless or inorganic substance.
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- noun biochemistry
molecules , such asamino acids ,sugars ,nucleic acids ,proteins ,polysaccharides ,DNA , andRNA , that occurnaturally inliving organisms
Etymologies
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Examples
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Organic chemists have been wondering for a long time, how much of the very large biomolecule is really necessary for achieving the desired result.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1987 - Presentation Speech 1987
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But it's really not so surprising that a biomolecule other than chlorophyll (which isn't present in fungus anyway) may have the ability to turn EM energy 'packets' into food [chemical energy] for the plant.
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His conclusion: "It remains to be established that this bacterium uses arsenate as a replacement for phosphate in its DNA or in any other biomolecule."
Life on Earth, with a little arsenic Marc Kaufman 2010
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His conclusion: "It remains to be established that this bacterium uses arsenate as a replacement for phosphate in its DNA or in any other biomolecule."
Bacteria stir debate about 'shadow biosphere' Marc Kaufman 2010
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His conclusion: "It remains to be established that this bacterium uses arsenate as a replacement for phosphate in its DNA or in any other biomolecule."
Bacteria stir debate about 'shadow biosphere' Marc Kaufman 2010
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I'm not saying they joined up the actual atoms that made the first biomolecule.
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Identifying which biomolecule/mineral surface pairs, however, has stumped scientists for years because of countless possible combinations.
November 9th, 2006 2006
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Such non-covalent biomolecule complexes can be examined with ESI.
Information for the Public - The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2002 2002
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Ribonucleic acid (RNA) – the biomolecule which can do it all
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This molecule has the properties needed by an original biomolecule, because it is capable of being both genetic code and enzyme at one and the same time.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1989 - Presentation Speech 1989
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