Carbohydrates Flashcards
How is the structure of alpha glucose differ from beta glucose?
The hydroxyl (OH) group is flipped
What’s a hydrolysis reaction?
Breaking a chemical bond using water (addition of water)
What’s a condensation reaction?
Joining 2 molecules to make a chemical bond by removing water
How are disaccharides formed
When 2 monosaccharides join together by a glycosidic bond via condensation reaction
What are the names of the examples used ?
Starch
Glycogen
Cellulose
What’s the monomer for starch
A-glucose
what’s the monomer for cellulose
B-glucose
What’s monomer for glycogen
A-glucose
What’s the function of starch and where is it found ?
Store of glucose
Location - plants
What’s the function of cellulose and where is it found ?
Structural strength
Location - plants
What’s the function of glycogen and where is it found ?
Store of glucose
Location - animals
What bonds make up starch
1-4 glycosidic bond in amylose
1-4 and 1-6 glycosidic bond in amylopectin
What bonds make up cellulose
1-4 glycosidic bond
What bonds make up glycogen
1-4 and 1-6 glycosidic bond
