Amino acids. These class of compounds
are considered the building blocks of most organisms, and around 500 of these
are known and indentified. All proteins, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids are
polymers ("many units") and each unit is an amino acid.
Most large biological molecules are polymers, long chains made up of repeating molecular subunits, or building blocks, called monomers. ... Carbohydrates, nucleic acids, and proteins are often found as long polymers in nature.
