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Carbohydrates Flashcards

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major energy sources

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Carbohydrates

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Sugars linked by glycosidic bonds

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Oligosaccharides

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Monosaccharide containing a ketone group
as part of its structure

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Ketose

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  • Compounds that contain a single carbonyl group and two or more hydroxyl groups
  • Cannot be hydrolyzed to simpler carbohydrates
  • Have the general formula Cn(H2O)n
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Monosaccharides

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Formed when many monosaccharides are bonded together

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Polysaccharides

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Building blocks of all carbohydrates

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Monosaccharides

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3
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Essential structural components of several classes of organisms

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Polysaccharides

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Play a key role in processes that take place on the surfaces of cells, such as cell–cell interactions and immune recognition

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Oligosaccharides

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Simplest carbohydrate that contains a chiral carbon; Exists in two isomeric forms that
are mirror images of each other

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Glyceraldehyde

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4
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Simplest monosaccharide that contains
three carbon atoms

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Triose

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Monosaccharide containing an aldehyde
group as part of its structure

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Aldose

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Molecules that differ from each other only in their configuration

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Stereoisomers (optical isomers)

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Does not contain a chiral carbon atom; Does not exist in non-superimposable mirror-image forms

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Dihydroxyacetone

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Three-dimensional arrangement of groups around a chiral carbon atom

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Configuration

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Mirror-image, non-superimposable stereoisomers

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Enantiomers

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T or F: Possibility of stereoisomerism increases as the number of carbon atoms decrease

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False - carbon atoms increases

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Two-dimensional representations of the
stereochemistry of three-dimensional molecules

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Fischer Projections

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—OH is on the right of the highest-numbered chiral carbon

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D configuration

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—OH is on the left of the highest-numbered chiral carbon

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L configuration

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Non-superimposable, non–mirror-image stereoisomers

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Diastereomers

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Compound that is formed by the reaction of
an aldehyde with an alcohol

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Hemiacetal

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Diastereomers that differ from each other in the configuration at only one chiral carbon

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Epimers

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Compound that is formed by the reaction of
a ketone with an alcohol

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Hemiketal

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Cyclic sugar with a five-membered ring; Rings are very nearly planar

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Furanose

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carbonyl carbon becomes a chiral center is called?

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anomeric carbon

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15
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Cyclic form of a sugar containing a six-
membered ring; Rings exist in solution in the chair conformation

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Pyranose

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16
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—OH on the anomeric carbon is cis to the terminal —CH2OH

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B-

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17
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trans designation

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a-

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18
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Intermediates in the breakdown of carbohydrates to provide energy

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Phosphate esters

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18
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Compound formed when a hemiacetal
carbon reacts with an alcohol to give a full acetal

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Glycoside

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19
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Resulting bond in glycoside is called

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glycosidic bond

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19
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Glycosides involving a furanose

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Furanosides

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20
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Glycosides involving a pyranose

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Pyranosides

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Sugars with a substituted amino group (—NH2) as part of its structure

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Amino Sugars

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Common table sugar, which is obtained from the juice of sugarcane and sugar beets

23
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formed when glucose and fructose are
bonded together

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Disaccharide

24
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Made up of β-D-galactose and D-glucose

25
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Group at the anomeric carbon of the glucose
portion is not involved in the glycosidic linkage

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Reducing sugar

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Disaccharide that is obtained from the hydrolysis of starch

27
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this is found in milk

27
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Polymers of sugars

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Polysaccharides

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this is obtained from starch

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Major structural component of plants, especially of wood and plant fibers

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Polymer consisting of only one type of monosaccharide

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Homopolysaccharide

29
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Polymer consisting of more than one type of
monosaccharide

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Heteropolysaccharide

30
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Component of the vitreous humor of the eye and of the lubricating fluid of joints

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Hyaluronic acid

30
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Branched chain polymer, with branches starting at α(1 → 6) linkages along the chain of α(1 → 4) linkages

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Amylopectin

30
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Linear polymer of glucose, with all the residues linked together by α(1 → 4) bonds

30
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From chicken liver; Branched-chain polymer of α-D-glucose; Consists of a chain of α(1 → 4) linkages with α(1 → 6) linkages at the branch points

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Protein situated at the heart of every glycogen

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Glycogenin

30
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In cellulose, the monomer is ______

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β-D-glucose

30
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Type of polysaccharide based on a repeating
disaccharide

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Glycosaminoglycans

30
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n chitin, the monomer is ___________

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N-acetyl-β-D-glucosamine

31
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Major structural component of the exoskeletons of invertebrates, such as insects and crustaceans

31
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Major components of bacterial cell walls

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Heteropolysaccharides

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Polysaccharide that contains peptide crosslinks; Found in bacterial cell walls

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Peptidoglycan

33
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Polymer made up of D-galacturonic acid, which is a derivative of galactose in which the hydroxyl group on C-6 has been oxidized to a carboxyl group; Found in plant cell walls

33
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Major nonpolysaccharide component in plant cell walls; Polymer of coniferyl alcohol

33
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Components of connective tissue

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Chondroitin sulfates and keratan sulfate

34
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Stereoisomers that differ in configuration only at the anomeric carbon are called

34
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A five- or six-membered cyclic hemiacetal is represented as a planar ring, lying roughly perpendicular to the plane of the paper

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Haworth Projections

34
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Glycoproteins with a high carbohydrate content

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Proteoglycans

34
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Play an important role in eukaryotic cell
membranes

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Glycoproteins

35
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a- means that the –OH on the anomeric carbon is on the side of the ring _____ from the
terminal –CH2OH

35
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The prefix “deoxy” means

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“without oxygen”

35
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B- means that the –OH on the anomeric carbon is on the _____ side of the ring as the terminal – CH2OH

35
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A six-membered hemiacetal ring is called

36
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a five-membered hemiacetal ring is called

36
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The change in specific rotation that accompanies the equilibration of a- and b-anomers in aqueous solution

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Mutarotation

37
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A cyclic acetal derived from a monosaccharide is called

37
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The bond from the anomeric carbon to the –OR group is called

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glycosidic bond

38
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The reduction product is called

38
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found in the plant world in many berries and in cherries, plums, pears, apples, seaweed, and algae

38
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T or F: Alditols are named by changing the suffix -ose to -itol

39
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a linear polysaccharide of D-glucose units joined by b-1,4- glycosidic bonds

39
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act like stiff rods and align themselves side by side into well-organized water-insoluble fibers in which their –OH groups form numerous
intermolecular hydrogen bonds

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Cellulose molecules

39
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the oxidation product is called

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aldonic acid

40
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a group of polysaccharides that contain carboxyl groups and/or sulfuric ester groups, and play important roles in the structure and function of connective tissues

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Acidic polysaccharides

41
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synthesized and stored in mast cells of various
tissues, particularly the liver, lungs, and gut

42
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best known and understood of its biological functions is its anticoagulant activity

43
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it binds strongly to antithrombin III, a plasma protein involved in terminating the clotting process

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