Biochemistry

Question 1

Carbohydrates

Answer 1

CnH2nOn

Monosaccharides ex. Pentoses, hexoses

Question 2

Glucose Enantiomer

Answer 2

D-glucose and L glucose, these are mirror images they are not superimposable

Question 3

D glucose

Answer 3

Dextrose

Question 4

Hexose isomers

Answer 4

Same chemical composition with different atomic arrangement within the molecule. Example dextrose and fructose.

Question 5

Hexose epimers

Answer 5

Two molecules with the same structure that differ at one Chiral center

Question 6

Cyclization of glucose, the formation of anomeric ring structures

Answer 6

Creates a pyran ring, the oxygen on the fifth carbon attacks the first carbon in the chain creating an ester linkage

Question 7

Glycosidic linkages, The formation of a alpha(1,4) bond

Answer 7

The alcohol group attached to the first carbon binds to the 4th carbon on the she second dextrose, dehydration reaction

Question 8

The formation f a(1,4) Glycosidic linkages requires?

Answer 8

An enzyme and an activated alpha-D-glucopyranose

Question 9

a-D-glucopyranose

Answer 9

Pyran ring with the alcohol group in the downward position at the first carbon

Question 10

Glycosidic linkages create….

Answer 10

Chains of sugars. Disaccharides, polysaccharides…

Question 11

Glycosidic linkages: Formation of a(1, 6) bonds

Answer 11

This link is formed when the alcohol group attached to the carbon at position 1 of a glucose molecule binds to a carbon at position 6 of a second glucose molecule.