Macronutrients
by the Melodious Macronutients
(Monica Ruppert, Kimberly McDaniel, and Jason Peters, with an unnamed guitarist)
(To the tune of “Wonderwall”)
Today is gonna be the day
We’ll review key points that shouldn’t be new
By now you should know a lot about
Macronutrients and what they do.
Proteins are made up of amino acids
Bound together by peptide bonds
Proteins can do so many things
Catalyze and hold structure too
Membranes just wouldn’t be the same
And ion transport, how could it do?
Enzymatic function can’t be overlooked
When we consider protein’s importance
For all the enzymes’ active sites are binding
And all inhibitors are in there fighting
For the active site so they can keep the substrate out
And be competitive inhibitors
And we know
Protein we just can’t do without you
‘Cuz though you’re small
You make up us all
Products made by Frito Lay
Well they’re gonna add some bulk to you
Fat chains they didn’t saturate
Carbon bonds will remain in twos
All of the kinks of hydrocarbons
Form a fluid goo
That we call oil
Krebs cycle picking up its circle winding
And oxygen in ETC is binding
There is lots of ATP that you stand to make
I think it’s thirty-six or so
And carbohydrates
We got energy too from you today
When glycolysis fed
Pyruvate into TCA
Carbohydrates
You’re gonna be the main fuel for us
As we have a ball
Learning Chem in Magill Hall
Macronutrients
You’re so important to us
Without you there’d be a lot of fuss
You’re so important to us