Carbon and Macromolecules Pt.2 (lecture 6) Flashcards
Carbohydrates serve as
fuel and building Material
Carbohydrates include
sugars and polymers of sugars
the simplest carbohydrates are
monosaccarides, or simple sugars
Carbohydrate macromolecules are
polysaccharides, polymers composed of many sugar building blocks
A monosaccharide is
the simplest sugar (one molecule)
Disaccharides are formed when
a dehydration reaction occurs and joins 2 monosaccharides through covalent bon of glycosidic linkages
Polysaccharides are formed by
a number of monosaccharides or disaccharides bonding together through glycosidic linkages
Monosaccharides are classified by
the location of the carbonyl group (as ketose or aldose)
and the number of carbons in the carbon skeleton
Glucose is
the most common sugar (C6H12O6)
The architecture and function of a polysaccharide is determined by
its sugar monomers and the positions of its glycosidic linkages
Polysaccharides, the polymers of sugars have
storage and structural roles
Storage Polysaccharide: Plant
Starch, that has plastids
Storage Polysaccharide: Animals
Glycogen
Macromolecules are
polymers, built from monomers
Carbohydrates, proteins, and nucleic acids are
polymers
Enzymes are
And are agents that catalyze the reaction but are not part of the reaction (helps speed up reaction/lowers activation energy)
dehydration reaction is the
taking away water from the reaction (2 monomers come together –> product H2O)
Hydrolysis are when
polymers are diassembled by monomers and splitting water, and breaking a bond
Dehydration removes
a water molecule, forming a new bond –> resulting in a longer polymer
Hydrolysis adds
a water molecule, breaking a bond
Glucose and Glucose make
maltose
Glucose and Fructose make
Sucrose