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Carbohydrates Flashcards

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1
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What type of hexose sugar is glucose?

A

It is a monosaccharide.

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2
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What sugar is in a DNA nucleotide?

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Deoxyribose

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2
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What sugar is in a DNA nucleotide?

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Deoxyribose

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3
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What sugar is in RNA?

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Ribose.

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4
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What groups does a sugar have?

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Hydroxyl, carbon and aldehyde.

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5
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Why is glucose small?

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Glucose forms a compact helix due to intramolecular interactions. (Hydrogen bonds)

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6
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What are isomers?

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A compound with the same molecular formula but a different arrangement. E.g a glucose and b glucose.

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7
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What disaccharide is formed by a glucose and b glucose undergoing a condensation reaction?

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Starch (amylose)

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8
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Carbohydrate formulae:

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Cx(H2O)x or (CH2O)n

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9
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Glucose + glucose =

A

Maltose

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10
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Glucose + galactose =

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Lactose

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11
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Glucose + fructose =

A

Sucrose

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12
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What is the 1 non-reducing sugar?

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Sucrose

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13
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What do all reducing sugars contain?

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Have a free ketone or adelhyde group

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14
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Amylose properties,

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  • Made from alpha glucose
  • coiled and unbranched
  • 1-4 glycosidic bonds
  • h bond within molecules
  • Granular
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15
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Cellulose properties

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-Fibrous -‘Fibrous chains’
-Not coiled
1-4 glycosidic bonds
-Beta glucose
-H bonds between adjacent molecules.
-Monomers alternatively at 180° to eachother

16
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Is glycogen more compact than Amylopectin?

A

Yes

17
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What bonds are between every 25 glucose molecules in amylopectin?

A

Alpha 1-6 glycosidic bonds.

18
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Why does amylopectin hydrolyse rapidly?

A

Amylopectin is branched with many protruding ends.

19
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Starch is made of…

A

Amylose + amylopectin

20
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How can you identify what type of plant a starch polysaccharide comes from?

A

Microscopic analysis of the differing lengths of amylopectin and amylose.

21
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Chitin:

A

A structural polysaccharide found in all exoskeletons of arthropods and in the hyphal walls of many fungi.
(Glucose + amino acid) glucosamine units linked by beta 1-4 glycosidic bonds.

22
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What does the amino acid present in chitin affect?

A

Causes more hydrogen bonding, making it extremely resilient and a tough polysaccharide

23
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Glycogen is similar to…

A

Amylopectin

24
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Difference between Glycogen and amylopectin?

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Glycogen is in animals and has more branches, which are shorter; and so glycogen has more free ends which can be hydrolysed and so glycogen hydrolyses faster. This because animals need a fast release of glucose which can be used for respiration to provide energy for motion.
Glycogen is less dense than starch and-so is less compact
Glycogen is more soluble than starch and-so is more easily transported.
Glycogen contains alpha glucose 1:6 glycosidic bonds
Glycogen and amylopectinforms granules.

25
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Cellulose form a ….

A

Fibrous chain (microfibrils) and are used as structural support for the plant. It is non-granular

26
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What form polysaccharides?

A

Many glucose units.

28
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+ve test for starch.

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Iodine - turns blue.

29
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What carbohydrate molecule is used to store energy in plants?

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Starch

30
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What carbohydrate molecule is used to store energy in animals.

A

Glycogen

31
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What bonds are in glycogen?

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composed of alpha-1,4-glycosidic bonds with branched alpha-1,6 bonds present at about every tenth monomer

32
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What are two similarities between Chitin and glycogen?

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Both are polysaccharides and both are made up of hexose sugar units.

33
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What are two differences between Chitin and glycogen?

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Chitin contains nitrogen, whilst glycogen does not.

Glycogen is branched whilst Chitin is not.

34
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Test for reducing sugar:

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Add Benedicts reagent - mix - heat - colour change for positive result - amount of cchange shows concentration of sugar.

35
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Test for non-reducing sugar:

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Add dilute HCL - Boil - cool and neutralize with excess sodiumhydroxide - repeat test for reducing sugar.

36
Q

What are the 6 functions of carbohydrates?

A 
Immediate respiratory substrates
Energy stores
Structural components 
Metabolites
Cell-to-cell attachment
Transport
37
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Why is cellulose a good structural polysaccharide?

A

Its hydrogen bonding prevents water from entering the molecule, making it resistant to enzyme hydrolysis

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