Chapter 5: Carbohydrates Flashcards

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Aldehyde (altose)

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What is the rarest version of the sugars?

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Oligosaccharides

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3
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What are the three glycogen storage disorders?

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Pompe disease (accumulation of glycogen in lysosome), Anderson’s disease (abnormal glycogen builds up), and von Gierke’s disease (can’t break down glycogen to release glucose)

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What does the dehydration rxn between two monosaccharides form?

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Glycosidic linkages

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5
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What two sugars are associated with starch?

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Amylose and amylopectin

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What is cellulose?

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A structural polysaccharide made of beta-glucose molecules joined by 1-4 glycosidic linkages and it never branches

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What are the three structural polysaccharides?

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Chitin, peptidoglycan, and cellulose

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Why do plants store glucose?

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They lose their leaves and can’t go through photosynthesis so they rely on storage

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What is the difference between starch and glycogen?

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Glycogen is highly branched and strach is not. Starch is in plants and glycogen is in animals

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What is the key characteristic of polysaccharide structure?

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A few hundred to thousands of monosaccharides joined by glycosidic linkages

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What is peptidoglycan?

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A structural polysaccharide with amino acids attached to it

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12
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What are carbohydrates often the starting point for?

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Other molecules like amino acids and nucleic acids

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13
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Glycosidic linkage

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14
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How can animals, like cows, break down cellulose?

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They have microorganisms in their gut that break it down

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Blood type O-

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Universal donor

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16
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What is the storage polysaccharide for animals?

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Glycogen

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17
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Alpha-glucose

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18
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What are the two purposes of polysaccharides?

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Storage and structure

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19
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What sugar is fuel for the brain and the brain has a process to create it by itself?

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Glucose

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20
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What do glucose and fructose make?

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Sucrose

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21
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What is cellulose also referred to as?

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Dietary fiber

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Why can we get energy (calories) from starch but not cellulose?

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We don’t have an enzyme to break down cellulose like we have one for starch. Even though they are similar, enzymes are very specific

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23
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What are the different ways monosaccharides can be classified?

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Location of carbonyl group, length of carbon skeleton, and arrangement around asymmetric carbons

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What is the most common monosaccharide?

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Glucose - C6H12O6

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What is starch?

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Polymer of alpha-glucose molecules joined by mostly 1-4 glycosidic linkages that is a storage polysaccharide for plants

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What are the functions of carbohydrates?

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Provide carbon skeletons for more complex molecules, structural support (cellulose, chitin, peptidoglycan), and energy storage (photosynthesis, glucose used to make ATP)

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How many sugars are in polysaccharides?

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Hundreds

28
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What important role do carbohydrates play in cell-cell recognition?

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They are specific markers on the surface of the cells. Anything without them is thought of as an invader and attacked by the immune system

29
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How can hexoses differ?

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Arrangement around asymmetric carbons

30
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Where is chitin found?

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Cell walls of fungi and exoskeleton of insects and crustaceans

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What are two of the cell markers that include carbohydrates?

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Glycoproteins and glycolipids

32
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What problems are associated with not being able to use/break down/store carbohydrates efficiently?

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Fatigue, diabetes, lactose intolerance, hard to put on weight, malnourishment, galactosemia, and glycogen storage disorders

33
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Why can’t anyone give anyone blood or an organ?

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Different people have different blood types and cell markers that would be attacked in another body

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What is the key characteristic of disaccharide structure?

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Two monosaccharides joined by a covalent bond (glycosidic linkage)

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What is glycogen?

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Polymer of alpha-glucose molecules joined by 1-4 glycosidic linkages that is a storage polysaccharide for animals

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Where is cellulose found?

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Plant cell walls. They produce a combined 100 billion tons of it a day

37
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Beta-glucose

38
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How can pentoses differ?

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Length of carbon skeleton

39
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What is a key structural characteristic of glycogen?

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It is highly branched. There are lots of glucose molecules in a small area

40
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How do liver cells distinguish themselves from muscle cells?

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Carbohydrate cellular recognition

41
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How many sugars are in disaccharides?

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2

42
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What do you do with an excess of glucose?

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Store it to use later when none is available

43
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What causes lactose intolerance?

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Lack of the enzyme needed to break down lactose. The bacteria in the stomach eat the lactose and produce gas and other issues as a result

44
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What is a carbohydrate marker associated with blood?

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Antigens

45
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Blood type AB+

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Universal recipient

46
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How many sugars are in oligosaccharides?

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3 to somewhere around 100

47
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What are sugars the polymer of?

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Sugars

48
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Where is peptidoglycan found?

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Cell wall of bacteria

49
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How many sugars are in monosaccharides?

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1

50
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What are the properties of monosaccharides?

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Water soluble, sweet, and most have chemical formulas that are some multiple of CH2O

51
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What molecule is carb loading associated with?

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Glycogen

52
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Ketone (Ketose)

53
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What is the difference between an aldehyde (aldoses) and a ketone (ketoses)?

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Location of the carbonyl group

54
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What is chitin?

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A structural polysaccharide that is a polymer of modified glucose molecules (NAG)

55
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What is the storage polysaccharide for plants?

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Starch

56
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What is the differnece between starch and cellulose?

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Starch has 1-4 glycosidic linkages between alpha glucose and cellulose has 1-4 glycosidic linkages between beta glucose. We can break down starch but not cellulose because we lack the enzyme to break down cellulose