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Carbohydrates, Lipids, Membranes Flashcards

1
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individual sugar unit with formula (CH2O)n.

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Monosaccharide

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2
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2-10 sugar units

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Disaccharide, tri-, tetra-, etc

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greater than 10 sugar units

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Oligosaccharide

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larger polymer 10’s to 1000’s, may be linear or branched

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Polysaccharide

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What is the term for a sugar with a carbonyl group on the endmost carbon atom?

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Aldose

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What is the term for a sugar with a ketone group on one carbon atom?

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Ketose

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7
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What makes a molecule alpha or beta?

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Alpha- OH is up on the next carbon from the attached oxygen when moving clockwise

Beta - that same OH is down

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8
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How do you name sugars by carbon atoms?

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triose, tetrose, pentose, hexose, etc.

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9
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Rich in hydroxyl (OH- ) groups

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Carbohydrates

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10
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Tend to have the general formula of (CH2O)n where n ≥ 3

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Carbohydrates

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11
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Single most abundant form of biomolecule found in nature

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Carbohydrates

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12
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What are the cellular functions of carbohydrates?

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energy storage and metabolism

cellular structure

linkers with other biomolecules (glycolipids, RNA/DNA, glycoproteins)

recognition molecules between cell types and cell structures

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13
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What is this?

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Ketose

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14
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What is this?

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Aldose

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15
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What is this?

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Aldohexose

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16
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What is this?

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Ketopentose

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17
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What is this?

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D-Glucose

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18
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What is this?

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L-glucose

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19
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What is this?

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alpha D-glucose

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20
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What is this?

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Beta D-glucose

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21
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What is this?

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Beta L-glucose

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22
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What is this?

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D-Fructose

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23
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What is this?

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L-fructose

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24
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What is this?

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alpha D-fructose

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25
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What is this?

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Beta D-fructose

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26
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What is this?

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Pyranos

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27
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What is this?

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Furanos

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28
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What is this?

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Sucrose

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29
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What is this?

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Lactose

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30
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What is this?

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Maltose

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31
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What kind of linkage is this?

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alpha-1,4

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32
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What kind of linkage is this?

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alpha-1,6

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33
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What is the term for something with non-superimposable mirror images?

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Enantiomer

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34
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What is the term for something with multiple chiral centers, not mirror images?

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Diastereomers

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35
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What is the term for diastereomers that differ at only one chiral center?

36
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What is the term for two molecules, aldoses and ketoses, with the same formula but different structure?

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Constitutional Isomers

37
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How many carbons form the ring in Glucose?

38
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How many carbons form the ring in Fructose?

39
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Unbranched α-1,4 linked glucose units

40
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Primarily protein with O- or N- linked carbohydrate

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Glycoprotein

41
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α-1,4 linked glucose units with α-1,6 branches

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Amylopectin

42
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Unbranched β-1,4 linked glucose units

43
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α-1,4 linked glucose units with α-1,6 branches

44
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A protein with long carbohydrate chains such as cartilage

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Proteoglycan

45
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What is a lipid?

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Lipid is a generic term for any biological molecule that has low water solubility.

46
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Generally consist of long chains of numerous reduced carbons (alkanes and alkenes)

47
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May be either hydrophobic or amphipathic (polar and nonpolar parts)

48
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Don’t polymerize to a great extent, aggregate through non-covalent interactions

49
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What are the cellular functions of lipids?

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Energy storage and metabolism

Membrane structure

Signaling molecules

50
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How many carbon atoms in Dodecanoic acid?

51
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How many carbon atoms in Tetradecanoic acid?

52
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How many carbon atoms in Hexadecanoic acid?

53
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How many carbon atoms in Octodecanoic acid?

54
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How many carbon atoms in Lauric acid?

55
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How many carbon atoms in Myristic acid?

56
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How many carbon atoms in Palmitic acid?

57
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How many carbon atoms in Stearic acid?

58
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What’s the difference between a saturated fatty acid and an unsatruated fatty acid?

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Double bonds… saturated is a straight chain, unsaturated has double bonds.

59
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What are trans fats?

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Rather than kinking the structure like cis orientations in unsaturated fatty acids, they fold it instead, leaving everything rigid and inflexible (solid).

60
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What is this?

61
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What is this?

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Fatty Acid

62
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What is this?

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Triacyclglycerol

63
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What is the general structure for a steroid?

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Three hexagonal rings and a pentagonal ring.

64
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What is the natural state of a saturated fatty acid at room temperature?

65
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What is the natural state of an unsaturated fatty acid at room temperature?

66
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What is this?

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Phospholipid base

67
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What is a membrane?

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  • An organized array of lipids and proteins whose hydrophobic nature acts as an effective barrier to polar molecules.
  • Effectively serves to partition the cellular components from the outside.
68
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What are the roles of membranes?

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  • Excludes Toxins
  • Allows passage and accumulation of nutrients
  • Key role in energy transduction
  • Function for cellular locomotion
  • Role in reproduction
  • Role in signal transduction process
  • Role in molecular recognition and cell-cell recogntion
69
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What is a Micelle?

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A membrane with heads outward, tails inward.

70
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What is a Liposome?

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A membrane with two layers, heads out, tails in.

71
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  1. These proteins do not penetrate the lipid bilayer to any significant degree
  2. Associate with membrane surface via ionic interactions and H-bonds
  3. Are readily dissociated from the membrane w/ salt and pH change
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Peripheral Proteins (also known as extrinsic proteins)

72
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  1. have hydrocarbon surfaces that penetrate the lipid bilayer
  2. have polar ends that are in contact w/ aqueous
  3. may insert partially or fully through lipid bilayer
  4. can only be removed w/ detergent that breaks up bilayer
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Integral Proteins (also known as intrinsic proteins)

73
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do not associate with membrane themselves but have a hydrophobic lipid tail that does.

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Lipid linked proteins

74
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Movement down a concentration gradient

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Simple Diffusion

75
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Spontaneous passive transport of molecules or ions across a biological membrane via specific transmembrane integral proteins

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Facilitated diffusion

76
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one type of molecule gets transported

77
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movement of molecules across a cell membrane in the direction against their concentration gradient

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Active Transport

78
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2 different types of molecules being transported in the same direction

79
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2 different types of molecules being transported in opposite directions

80
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Example of simple diffusion

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Water across a membrane, from high to low concentration.

81
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Example of Uniport Facilitated Diffusion

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Glucose into a eurythrocyte via a specific transporter

82
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Example of Symport

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Glucose/Sodium Transporter

83
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Example of Antiport

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Sodium-Potassium Pump

84
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A protein moves along a membrane, but stays on its plane

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Lateral Diffusion, fast

85
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A protein moves in a membrane, switching to the opposite side

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Transverse Diffusion, slow

86
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What three things make a molecule more likely to be taken up by a membrane?

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Nonpolar

Small

Uncharged

87
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What is this?

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phosphatidyl serine

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