Disaccharides And Polysaccharides Flashcards

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1
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What is a monosaccharide?

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The simplest form of carbohydrates.

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What are disaccharides?

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Two monosaccharides covalently linked by a glycosidic bond formed by a condensation reaction; removal of water.

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What are the 3 properties of disaccharides?

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  1. Sweet tasting
  2. Soluble in water
    3.osmotically active
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4
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Why are disaccharides osmotically active?

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They are soluble

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What does osmotically active mean?

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Can carry out osmosis

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6
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What affects the ratio of C : H : O?

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The loss of water.

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Are disaccharides reducing sugars?

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Most for example, maltose and lactose

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8
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Which disaccharide is not a reducing sugar?

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Sucrose

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9
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What are the 3 common disaccharides?

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  1. Sucrose (sugar)
  2. Lactose (milk sugar)
  3. Maltose (malt sugar)
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10
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What is the function of sucrose?

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Energy transport and storage in plants.

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What is the enzyme the breaks down sucrose?

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Sucrase

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What is the function of lactose?

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Energy transport and storage in mammal milk.

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13
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What is the enzyme that breaks down lactose?

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Lactase

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What is the function of maltose?

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Intermediate in starch digestion

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15
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What is the enzyme that breaks down maltose?

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Maltase

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What are oligosaccharides?

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Chains of monosaccharides that are covalently linked to one another by glycosidic bonds.

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How many monosaccharides do oligosaccharides contain?

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3-10

18
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Are oligosaccharides linear or branched?

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Can be both

19
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Are oligosaccharides relatively rare?

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Yes

20
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What are polysaccharides?

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Large polymers of saccharides formed by the covalent linkage of more than 10 monosaccharides

21
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How many monosaccharides do polysaccharides contain?

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More than 10

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What are the properties of polysaccharides?

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  1. May be linear or branched
  2. Insoluble/colloidal
  3. Not osmotically active
  4. Not sweet tasting
23
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Why are polysaccharides not osmotically active?

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They are insoluble/colloidal

24
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What are polysaccharides hydrolised (broken down) by?

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Amylases or cellulases

25
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What are the overall functions of polysaccharides?

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Energy stores or structural functions

26
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What are the 4 polysaccharides?

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  1. Starch
  2. Glycogen
  3. Cellulose
  4. Chitin
27
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What is the function of starch?

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Store product in plants

28
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What is a property of starch?

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Consists of 2 molecules called amylopectin and amylose

29
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What is the function of glycogen?

A

Store product in animals (liver)

30
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What is a property of glycogen?

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Heavily branched

31
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What is the function of cellulose?

A

Structural molecule in plants (cell wall)

32
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What is the function of chitin?

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Occurs in some fungi and arthropods (as part of exoskeleton)

33
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What percentage of amylose is unbranched?

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20-30%

34
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What percentage of amylopectin is branched?

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70-80%

35
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What are the 2 molecules of starch?

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Amylopectin and amylose

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What are the properties of amylose?

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  1. Made of alpha glucose monomers
  2. Unbranched
  3. Compact due to hydrogen bonding
  4. 1->4 glycosidic bonds
  5. Coiled in a helix due to hydrogen bonding
37
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What are the properties of amylopectin?

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  1. Made of alpha glucose monomers
  2. Branched molecules
  3. 1->4 glycosidic bonds
  4. 1->6 glycosidic bonds
38
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What are the properties of glycogen?

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  1. Stored in the liver and muscle
  2. Branched molecules
  3. 1->6 glycosidic bond
  4. 1->4 glycosidic bond
  5. Alpha glucose monomers
  6. Same as amylopectin but more branched
39
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What is the difference between amylopectin and glycogen?

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Glycogen is more branched

40
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Why is glycogen more branched than amylopectin?

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Allows more hydrolysis to occur more easily which releases alpha glucose for respiration as animals are more metabolically active