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carbohydrates Flashcards

1
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Function of carbohydrates

A 
Major energy source 
Storage 
Structural
Protective 
Cell- cell communication
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2
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Storage from of carbohydrate is

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glycogen

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3
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what is a monosaccharide

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Monomer of 6 C sugars (simplest form)

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4
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examples of monosaccharides

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glucose, glactose and fructose

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5
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disaccharides

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from monomers that are linked by glycosidic bonds

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6
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how do covalent bonds from in disaccharides

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hydroxyl group of one monosaccharide reacts with anomeric carbon of another monosaccharide

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7
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What’s an anomeric carbon

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carbons mirror images of each other

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8
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What does anomeric carbon do

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(stabilises glucose)

allows oxidation

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9
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anomeric carbon can be either

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alpha or beta

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10
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Name the 3 disaccharides

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Maltose
Lactose
Sucrose

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11
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reducing sugar can

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readily oxidised

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12
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Breakdown form of starch is

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maltose

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13
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How is lactose formed

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glycosidic bond between galactose and glucose

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14
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Lactose and Maltose are both what?

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Reducing sugar

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15
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Whats sugar is only made in plants

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sucrose

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16
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if anomeric carbon is available for oxidation that makes a

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reducing sugar

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17
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What is an example of a nonreducing sugar

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sucrose

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18
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what is a polysaccharides?

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polymer of reoccurring monosaccharide monomers

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19
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A polymer with a single monomeric species is called a

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Homopolysaccharides

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20
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what are heteropolysaccharides

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polymers that have two or more monomer species

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21
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Examples of polysaccharides

A

Starch and Glycogen

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22
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What are the two types of glucose polymers in starch

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amylose and amylopectin

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23
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What are glucose residues linkage in amylose

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α1→4

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24
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What is the difference of amylopectin to amylose

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Has additional branched linkage α1→6 (every 24-30 residues)

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25
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Does starch have lots of reducing ends?

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No has a lot of nonreducing ends

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26
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what structure does amylose and amylopectin form

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alpha helix

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27
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What is the linkage in glycogen

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glucose (α1→4) linked sub-units

(α1→6) branches every 8 to 12 residues

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28
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Why can glycogen release glucose so rapidly

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Due to many branching of nonreducing ends

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29
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Polymers in solutions are

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osmotically inactive

30
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Glucose transformed into glycogen because

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can store high concentration of glucose without impacting osmocity of cells

31
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Whats are glycoproteins

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Proteins that have carbohydrates covalently attached

32
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Carbohydrates attached to proteins do what?

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Increases the proteins solubility
Influence protein folding and conformation
Protect it from degradation
Act as communication between cells

33
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what are glycosaminoglycans composed of

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Un-branched polymers made from repeating units of hexuronic acid and an amino-sugar,

34
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what is the function of glycosaminoglycans

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forms parts of extracellular mucuses and synovial fluid

35
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Where are proteoglycans found?

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found on the surface of cells or in between cells in the extracellular matrix

36
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What do proteoglycans form part of

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connective tissue

37
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where are glycoproteins found

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found on the outer plasma membrane
extra cellular matrix,
blood
and within cells in the secretory system

38
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What is Mucopolysaccharidoses

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Genetic disorder caused by the absence of enzyme that breaks down glycosaminoglycans

39
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examples of mucopolysaccharidoses disorders

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Hurler syndromes

40
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Symptoms of Hurler syndrome

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Clouding degradation of cornea, arterial wall thickens and causes inflammation and dementia

41
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How is dementia caused due to mucopolysaccharidoses

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increase in glycosaminoglycans causes a build up of Cerebrospinal fluid

42
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First digestion of carbohydrates takes place where with what enzyme acting on substrate

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Mouth as Salivary amylase hydrolyses

(α1→4) bonds of starch

43
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Main products of carbohydrate digestion

A

glucose, glactose and fructose

44
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Glucose passes through intestinal lumen and absorbed in the blood following low NA ion concentration by an

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Indirect ATP powered process

45
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What happens when blood glucose concentration is high

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Glucose is still powered across the lumen into the blood

46
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How does fructose cross lumen membrane and into the blood

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Binds to the channel protein GLUT5, moving down conc gradient

47
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What happens to polymers that can’t be digested by the gut

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Increase faecal bulk

48
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What are polymers broken down by and yield proceeded

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Gut bacteria, CH4 and H2

49
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Disaccaride deficiencies due to

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generic or damage to gut wall or intestine

50
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Characteristics of Disaccaride deficiencies

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abdominal distension and cramps

51
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Example of Disaccaride deficiencies

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Lactose intolerance

52
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absence of enzyme lactase causes what

A

Lactose intolerance

53
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How is lactose broken down with disaccharide deficiency

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By gut bacteria

54
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How can lactose intolerance cause diarrhoea

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as Lactose osmotically inactive, therefore draw water from the gut into the lumen

55
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What happens when glucose enter the portal blood

A

immediately phosphorylated into glucose 6 phosphate

56
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What is the purpose of G6P

A

traps glucose in the cell

57
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Glucose phosphorylation enzymes

A

Glucokinase

Hexokinase

58
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where is Glucokinase found

A

the liver

59
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which Glucose phosphorylation enzymes catalyses high glucose concentration

A

Glucokinase

60
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Hexokinase properties ie Km and Vmax

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Low Km, grab glucose efficiently

Low Vmax, tissues only phosphorylate glucose at lower concentrations

61
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What is the3 pathways of G6P

A

glycolysis
pentose phosphate pathway
glycogenesis

62
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What is not present in skeletal muscle

A

G6P

63
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Glycogen formed from

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covalently binding
extending chains
chains then broken by glycogen-branching enzyme and re-attached via (α1→6) bonds to give branch points

64
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Glycogen phosphorylase removes what from glycogen

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G1P

65
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Enzyme debranching enzymes help release glucose by

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removing 3 glucose residues on branch and attaching to nonreducing end by alpha 1-4 bond, forming more of a straight chain

66
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How is glucose finally removed from glycogen

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Glucosidase removes the final Glc by breaking a (α1→6) linkage

67
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what si left at the end of glycogen degradation

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unbranched chain

68
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what happens to glycogen in the liver compared to muscle

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Liver, glucose 6 phosphatase produces glucose

muscle, glycolysis produces lactate giving ATP

69
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von Gierke’s disease cause and symptoms

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glucose 6-phosphatase deficiency,
low glucose level
high lactic acid level

70
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Skeletal muscle phosphorylase deficiency causing an inability to meet glucose demand of exercise is the cause of what disease

A

McArdles

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