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Biochemistry of Carbohydrates Flashcards

1
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Carbohydrates that contain 2-10 monosaccharide units are?

A

Oligosaccharides

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2
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The most abundant oligosaccharides found in nature are?

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Disaccharides

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3
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Two monosaccharides covalently bonded together by glycosidic linkages are?

A

Disaccharides

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4
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The hydroxyl group of one sugar reacting with the anomeric carbon of the other sugar forms?

A

Glycosidic linkages

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5
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Examples of disaccharides are?

A

Maltose
Sucrose
Lactose

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6
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The major degradative product of starch is?

A

Maltose

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7
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Maltose is hydrolyzed into?

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Two molecules of Alpha D-glucose

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8
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Maltose is hydrolyzed by?

A

The intestinal enzyme maltase

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9
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The glycosidic linkages found in maltose are?

A

Alpha 1,4 glycosidic linkages

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10
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Lactose is hydrolyzed into?

A

Beta D-galactose and D-glucose

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11
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Lactose is hydrolyzed by?

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Lactase

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12
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The glycosidic linkages found in lactose are?

A

Beta 1,4 glycosidic linkages

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13
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Sucrose is hydrolyzed into?

A

Alpha D-glucose and Beta D-fructose

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14
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Sucrose is hydrolyzed by?

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Sucrase

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15
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Why is sucrose a non-reducing sugar?

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Sucrose has no free anomeric carbon, since both anomeric carbons of both monosaccharides are linked to each other

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16
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The glycosidic linkages found in sucrose are?

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Alpha 1,2 beta glycosidic linkages

17
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Long chain polymeric carbohydrates composed of monosaccharide units bound together by glycosidic linkages are?

A

Polysaccharides

18
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Two types of polysaccharides are?

A

Homopolysaccharides

Heteropolysaccharides

19
Q

Polysaccharides that contain only one type of monosaccharide building block are?

A

Homopolysaccharides

20
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Four examples of homopolysaccharides are?

A

Starch
Glycogen
Cellulose
Dextrin

21
Q

The most important storage polysaccharides in plant cells is?

22
Q

Two polymeric units of glucose found in starch?

A

Amylose

Amylopectin

23
Q

An unbranched polymeric unit made up of 250-300 D-glucose units linked by alpha 1,4 linkages is?

24
Q

A long branched glucose residue(units) with higher molecular weight is?

A

Amylopectin

25
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The branch points of amylopectin are linked?

A

alpha 1,6 glycosidic linkages

26
Q

The inner part of glucose units are joined by?

A

Alpha 1, 4 linkages

27
Q

The main storage polysaccharide of animal cells is?

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