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Carbohydrates & Lipids Flashcards

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Define polymer

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a long molecule consisting of many similar or identical monomers linked by covalent bonds

ie, a macromolecule

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Define monomer

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One of the repeating molecule units that builds macromolecules/polymers

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Describe the process of synthesis

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Dehydration removes water molecule to link the monomers in covalent bonds to form polymers

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Describe the process of break down

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Hydrolysis is the addition of water molecule to a polymer to break apart the covalent bonds and separate monomers

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What process builds macromolecules/polymers?

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Dehydration reactions connect monomers

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What are the 3 common elements in carbohydrates?

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carbon, hydrogen, oxygen

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Define carbohydrate

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An organic compound used to store sugar and composed of multiple monosaccharides

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What is the general equation for simple sugars?

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CH2O

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What functional groups do carbohydrates include?

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multiple hydroxyl groups and a carbonyl group (ketones and aldehydes)

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Define monosaccharide and give an example

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The simplest carbohydrates (simple sugars) from which more complex carbohydrates are built

They contain either 3, 5, or 6 Carbon atoms

ex. Glucose

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What is name for the sugar if the carbonyl group is at the end of the carbon chain?

Give examples

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Aldose

ex. glucose, ribose

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What is name for the sugar if the carbonyl group is within the carbon chain?

Give examples

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Ketose

ex. fructose

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Define triose

Give 3 examples

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A 3 Carbon sugar

ex. glucose, galactose, and fructose

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Define pentose

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A 5 carbon sugar

ex. ribose

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Define hexose

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A 6 carbon sugar

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What are the 4 functions of carbohydrates?

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Sources of energy
building blocks for other molecules
storage of energy
structural components

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Define disaccharides

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Sub units of carbohydrates composed of two monosaccharides joined by covalent bonds (aka glycosidic linkages) during a dehydration reaction

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What is the name of the covalent bond that connects monosaccharides?

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glycosidic linkage

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Give two examples of disaccharides

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ex. sucrose (glucose + fructose)

ex. lactose (glucose + galactose)

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Define polysaccharides

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macromolecules/polymers made up of hundreds to thousands of monosaccharides joined by glycosidic linkages

Some are used to store sugars

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How do plants store glucose?

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in long chains as STARCH in 2 mostly helical forms:

  1. amylose
  2. amylopectin
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Define amylose. What kind of linkage does it have?

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An unbranched form of starch that plants use to store glucose.

Alpha 1-4 linkage

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Define amylopectin. What kind of linkage does it have?

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A branched form of starch that plants use to store glucose

Alpha 1-4 and 1-6 linkages

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How do animals store glucose?

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As GLYCOGEN

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Define glycogen. What kind of linkage does it have?
The extensively branched form of stored sugars/glucose in animals 1-4 and 1-6 linkages
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How many days worth of sugars do humans have stored in muscle and liver cells?
About one days worth
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What is an example of a structural polysaccharide?
Cellulose in plant cells Chitin in arthropods
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What kind of glucose linkage does cellulose have?
Beta with 1-4 linkages
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What structure will a beta glucose molecule have?
OH attached to carbon 1 above the plane of the molecule
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What structure will an alpha glucose molecule have?
OH attached to carbon 1 below the plane of the molecule
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Describe chitin (what kind of linkages)
A glucose containing compound that arthropods use to make their exoskeletons, also found in fungal cell walls Has beta glucose with 1-4 linkages and also contains nitrogen
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Define lipids
A diverse group of hydrophobic molecules that are not polymers but linked during dehydration reactions. Lipids include: fats and phospholipids
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What are 3 kinds of lipids?
1. fats 2. phospholipids 3. steroids
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What are the 3 main functions of fats?
Fats are a lipid Function in energy storage, protecting organs, and insulating body
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What are the two common elements that make up fats?
C-H (aka hydrocarbons)
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What are the 4 components of a fat?
3 fatty acid molecules are joined to a glycerol molecule by ester linkages
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Which 3 functional groups can be part of a fatty acid?
Carboxyl Hydroxyl Ester Fatty acids can be the same 3 or different
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What are the 2 kinds of fats?
1. Saturated | 2. Unsaturated
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What are the 2 kinds of fatty acids?
Essential | Non-essential
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Define saturated fats
A type of lipid (fat) that contains fatty acids with the maximum number of hydrogens bonded to the carbon chain possible (ie, no double bonds)
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Are saturated fats liquid or solid at room temperature? Why?
Solid because they lack double bonds so they are more flexible and easier to pack down
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What is a natural source of saturated fats?
Animal fats
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Define unsaturated fats
A type of lipid (fat) that contains fatty acids with double bonds in the carbon chain, removing some of the hydrogens
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Are unsaturated fats liquid or solid at room temperature? why?
Liquid because they contain cis-double bonds and cannot pack together as closely
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What is a natural source of unsaturated fats?
Most plant and fish oils
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Define essential fatty acids. Give an example
Unsaturated fats that must be supplied by the diet because the human body cannot produce them ex. Omega-3
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Define non-essential fatty acids
Saturated fats that are made by the human body
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Define phospholipids
A type of lipid that is composed of two fatty acids and a phosphate group attached to glycerol
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Are phospholipids hydrophobic, hydrophilic, or amphipathic?
Amphipathic The fatty acids are hydrophobic and the phosphate groups (and attachments) are hydrophilic
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Define micelle
The spherical structure formed by phospholipids with the phosphate head facing out and the fatty acid head facing inwards
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Define phospholipid bilayer
The layer that forms cell membranes that has the hydrophilic unsaturated fats/phosphate group on the outside and the hydrophobic saturated fats on the inside
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What is the name of the bond between lipid subunits?
Ester linkage
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Define ester linkage
A covalent bond formed by a dehydration reaction between a hydroxyl group and a carboxyl group to leave behind an ester
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Define steroids
Lipids characterized by a carbon chain consisting of four fused rings
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How are steroids differentiated?
By the different chemical groups attached to the rings
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What are the 3 main functions of steroids?
1. Cholesterol is a major steroid that is required for building and maintaining membranes 2. Hormones can be made from cholesterol and help coordinate activities of the body 3. Precursors to vertebrate sex hormones
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T or F: Lipids are polymers and considered macromolecules
False
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Define glycerol
An alcohol with each of the 3 carbons connected to a hydroxyl (OH) group
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Define fatty acid
A long carbon chain (16-18) with one end being a carboxyl group and the rest is hydrocarbons
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What is the result of an ester linkage?
A fat consisting of three fatty acids attached to one glycerol aka a triglyceride
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Why are phospholipids essential for cells?
They are major constituents of cell membranes
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Describe sucrose
A disaccharide formed by the glycosidic linkage of 1 glucose monomer and 1 fructose monomer
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Describe fructose
A hexose ketose monosaccharide
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Describe glucose
The most common monosaccharide. It contains a carbonyl group and multiple hydroxyl groups
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Describe lactose
the disaccharide sugar present in milk formed by the glycosidic linkage of one glucose monomer and one galactose monomer
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Describe starch
A polysaccharide composed of multiple glucose monomers. These glucose monomers can be formed in either amylose or amylopectin forms.
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Describe glycogen
A polysaccharide that animals store, made of a polymer of glucose like amylopectin but more extensively branched
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Where is glycogen usually stored in animals?
Liver and muscle cells
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What process releases glucose from starch or glycogen?
Hydrolysis of the glucose

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