Biological Molecules: Disaccharides Flashcards
What are Disaccharides?
= formed when 2 monasaccharides chemically react together.
What Disaccharides is made from 2 alpha glucose molecules?
= Maltose.
What else is produced when we form dissacharides?
= molecule of water
= formed from a hydrogen atom from one of the monosacharides and a OH group from the other.
What is a reaction that forms a water molecule called?
= condensation (elimination of water- it is produced).
What is a glycocidic bond?
= chemical bond between 2 molecules of alpha glucose.
= 1-4 glycodic bond.
What is a hydrolosis reaction?
= adding water
= breaks glycocidic bond
= converts back to a monoscharride.
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What Disaccharides is made from glucose + fructose molecules?
= sucrose.
What Disaccharides is made from glucose + galactose molecules?
= Lactose.
