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Chapter 10 Carbohydrates Flashcards

1
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What are three things that saccharides do?

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-Energy transport and storage
-Structural support e.g. bacterial cell walls, cellulose
-Information e.g. signals on proteins and membranes

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2
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What is an Oligosaccharides?

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it is a sugar with several sugar units

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3
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What is a polysaccharides?

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It consists of Glycans in long chains of 100s which include 1000s of sugars

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4
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How many carbons is the smallest monosaccharide composed of

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3 carbons

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5
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How do you tell if the structure is a D side or a L side structure

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If the OH is on the right its a D side
If the OH is on the left its a L side
And you look at the chiral carbon furthest from the double C=O bond to determine this

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6
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What is an enantiomers?

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They are non-superimposable mirror images

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What is a Diastereomers?

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-Non mirror image stereoisomers

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8
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What is a Epimers?

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-Diastereomers that differ in configuration at 1C

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9
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What does a Aldehyde sugar look like?

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It has a carbon double bonded to O and the same carbon single bonded to H

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10
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What does a Ketone sugar look like?

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It has a carbon double bonded to O and a CH3Osingle bonded to the same carbon as well

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11
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What are the Aldoses derived from ?

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D-glyceraldhyde

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12
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What are Ketoses derived from ?

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Dihydroxyacetone

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13
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At which end does the carbon numbering begin from ?

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It begins from the end of the molecule nearest the carbonyl carbon

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14
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An Aldehyde can react with alcohol to form what? and what happens if you react with second alcohol

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A hemiacetal is formed with one and if second is added an Acetal is formed

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15
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A ketone can react with alcohol to form what? and what happens if you react with second alcohol?

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A hemiketal is formed with one and if second is added a Ketal is formed

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16
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What is the ring formed by glucose in a intramolecular hemiacetal called?

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Its a six carbon ring called pyranose

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17
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What is the ring formed by ketohexose fructose in a intramolecular hemiketal called

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Its a five carbon ring called furanose

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18
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What is an anomer?

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Its another diastereoisomeric form that is made from the formation of a cyclic hemiacetal

19
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At the alpha form of the ring where is the OH at C-1

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It is below the plane of the ring

20
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At the beta form of the ring where is the Oh at C-1

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It is above the plane of the ring

21
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What is an anomeric form ?

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The furanose form of fructose can exist in anomeric and this is when alpha and beta forms refer to the orientation of the OH at C-2

22
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How many types of conformation can a pyranose ring adopt and what are they called?

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-There are two conformations and they are called boat and chair

23
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In the chair form, how many orientations of OH on the carbon ring atoms are there and what are they called?

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there are 2 and they are called axial and equatorial

24
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A solution of glucose contains approximately _________ alpha anomer,__________ Beta anomer, and ________ of the open-chain form.

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One third, two third, <1%

25
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What are sugars called that react with oxidizing agents and what are sugars called that aren’t reacting with oxidizing agents?

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Reducing sugars, and nonreducing sugars

26
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What is an O-glycosidic bond and what is the product of this bond called

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This is a bond formed between the anomeric carbon atom of glucose and a hydroxyl group of another molecule and the product is called glycoside.

27
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What is a N-glycosidic bond?

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A bond formed between the anomeric carbon atom of glucose and an amine

28
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Oligosaccharides contain _____or more _________________ linked by ____________bonds

A

2,monosaccharides, O-glycosidic bonds

29
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The substrates for glycosyltransferases area activated by attachment to____________________

A

uridine diphosphate

30
Q

Enzymes on the outer surface of intestinal epithelium cleave common _______________

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disaccharides

31
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Sucrase cleaves___________, lactase cleaves ___________ , Maltase cleaves__________

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Sucrose, Lactose, Maltose

32
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What is it called if all the monosaccharides in the polysaccharide are the same ?

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It is called a homopolymer

33
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Most glucose units in glycogen are linked by __________________, with branches formed by _______________every ___________ glucose units

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alpha-1 4-glycosidic bonds, alpha-1 6-glycosidic bonds ,12

34
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In plants glucose is stored as what and how many forms are there?

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starch and there are 2 forms

35
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What is an Amylose?

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It is a linear polymer of glucose units linked by alpha-1,4-glycosidic bonds

36
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What is an Amylopectin?

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It is a branched polymer with an alpha-1,6-glycosidic bond for every 30 alpha-1,4-glycosidic bonds

37
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What type of structure does a IAmylose form ?

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it forms a tightly coiled helical structure stabilized by H-bonding with 6 residues per turn

38
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what is II Amylopectin?

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Up to 200 amylose chains linked alpha 1–>6 at branch points. So just like iso-maltose

39
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what does saliva and pancreas secrete and what does it randomly cleave ?

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Alpha-amylase is secreted and Alpha-1,4bonds are cleaved randomly

40
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Plants and bacteria secrete ________________ that removes __________units starting at the _____________end

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Beta-amylase, Maltose, Non-reducing

41
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What do debranching enzymes hydrolyze?

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alpha-1,6 bonds

42
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Cellulose is a homopolymer of glucose units linked by_______________________

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Beta-1,4-glycocidic bonds

43
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The beta linkage yields a __________________ capable of interacting with other cellulose molecules to form ______________

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Straight chain, strong fibrils

44
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The alpha linkages of starch and glycogen form _____________________ suitable for accessible storage

A

compact hollow cylinders

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