General Biology I · Module 2 · Biological macromolecules

Macromolecules Walkthrough

Watch water leave as monomers join, glucose rings flip between alpha and beta, phospholipids crowd into a bilayer, a protein chain fold and unfold, and DNA strands pair up. Go at your own pace. Nothing here is graded.

Speed

Think of it like this

Quick check

Wrong answers are fine here. Read why, then try again.

Dr. Akash Garg · General Biology I Study Tools · Drawings are simplified and not to scale. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Use the left and right arrow keys to move between steps. Molecules are drawn as simplified models: rings are flattened, most hydrogens on carbon are left out, and motion is sped up. Practise next in the Macromolecules Lab.