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✅ BIOCHEM - Carbohydrates Flashcards

1
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Empiric formula of carbs

A

(CH2O)n

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2
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Number of sugar units in oligosaccharides

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3-10 sugars

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3
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Monosaccharides are classified accdg to

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Number of carbon atoms

Functional group

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4
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Glucose is what type of monosaccharide

A

Aldose

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5
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______ have carbonyl groups at the end

A

Aldose

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6
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_____ have carbonyl groups in the middle

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Ketoses

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7
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Glucose when oxidized forms

A

Glucuronic acid

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8
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Glucose when reduced form

A

Sorbitol (alcohol)

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9
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What sugars are abundant in humans?

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D-sugars

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10
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The sugar of the body

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D-glucose

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11
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What sugar is a constituent of many glycoproteins?

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D-mannose

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12
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Xylose is found in

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Glycoproteins

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13
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Neuraminic acid is found in

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Proteoglycans

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14
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Monosaccharide found in cardiac tissue

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Lyxose

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15
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How are disaccharides formed?

A

Condensation of 2 monosaccharides

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16
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Bond between disaccharides

A

Glycosidic bonds

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17
Q

Glucose + glucose

What bond?

A

Maltose

Alpha 1,4

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18
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Glucose + galactose

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Lactose

Beta 1,4

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19
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Glucose + fructose

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Sucrose

Alpha 1,2

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20
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Example of an oligosaccharide

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Maltotriose

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21
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Disaccharide from fungi and yeast. A major source of insect hemolymph.

22
Q

Polysaccharide of fructose used to determine GFR

23
Q

Bonds of cellulose

24
Q

Other name for mucopolysaccharides

A

Glycosaminoglycans

25
Q

2 types of projections in chemical structure

A

Fisher and hayworth

26
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What are isomers?

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Same chemical formula but different structures

27
Q

Define epimers

A

Compounds that differe in configuration around only one specific carbon atom with the exception of the carbonyl carbon

28
Q

Define enantiomers

A

Mirror images

Designated as levo or dextro

29
Q

Other name for enantiomers

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Stereoisomers

Optical isomers

30
Q

6 carbon ring

A

Pyran ring

31
Q

5 carbon ring

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Furan ring

32
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Define anomer

A

Convertible between a linear form and ring form

33
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Spontaneous interconversion of anomers through a process

A

Mutarotation

34
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Principal sites of carbohydrate digestion

35
Q

Amylase can digest what type of glycosidic bonds

36
Q

Pancreatic amylase hydrolyzes complex carbs to what forms

A

Disaccharides and trisaccharides

But NOT directly to monosaccharides

37
Q

Disaccharides are digested in the _____

A

Brush border of the SI

38
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Glut 2 is what type of channel

A

Facilitated diffusion

39
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Glut 5 utilizes what transport means?

A

Facilitated diffusion

40
Q

SGLT 1 is what type of transport?

A

Secondary active transport

41
Q

Other name for SGLT 1

A

Sodium glucose symport

42
Q

Glut 5 transporter is for all sugars. T or false

A

False

For glucose, galactose, fructose

43
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SGLT 1 is for what sugars?

A

Glucose

Galactose

44
Q

Define glycemic index

A

Increase in blood glucose after a test dose of a carb compared to that with an equivalent amt of glucose

45
Q

Lactose intolerance : Asians

Isomaltase-sucrase deficiency : ?

A

Greenland eskimos

46
Q

What is the basis for the not giving milk to someone with diarrhea?

A

Wash off of enzymes transiently

47
Q

Both anabolic and metabolic pathway

A

Amphibolic

48
Q

Example of an amphibolic pathway

A

Kreb’s Cycle

49
Q

Most abundant organic molecules in nature

A

Carbohydrates

50
Q

Only insulin stimulated glut transporter

51
Q

Where does glycolysis occur?

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