Carbohydrate Metabolism Flashcards
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Also known as saccharides
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carbohydrates
2
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It is the chief and cheap source of energy
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carbohydrates
3
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Are essential components of all living organisms and are widely distributed in nature
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carbohydrates
4
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Most abundant class of biological molecules on earth
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carbohydrates
5
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carbohydrate polymers covalently attached to proteins or lipids act as signals that determine the intracellular location or metabolic fate of these hybrid molecules
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glycoconjugates
6
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Glycoconjugates include
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proteoglycans,
glycoproteins,
glycolipids
7
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Derivatives of sugars are also found in a number of biological molecules including
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antibiotics,
coenzymes,
and the nucleic acids (DNA and RNA)
8
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the study of the structure and function, in health and disease of various types of CHO
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Glycobiology
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