Exam 2 Flashcards
What are monosaccharides
Carbonyl with 2 or more OH groups
At least 3 carbons
Enantiomers
Nonsuperimposable mirror images
Have opposite chirality at every chiral center
Diastereomers
Flipping any number less than all of the stereocenters produces a diastereomer
Epimers
Special Diastereomers only one stereocenter differs
Anomers
Diastereomers that differ at the anomeric carbon
Glycogen
predominate in aminals
form alpha 1,4 linkages with alpha 1,6 branches
starch
predominate in plants
composed of amylose and amylopectin
Cellulose
Structural component in plants
monomers of glucose linked beta 1,4 linkages
Simplified Lipid Nomenclature
Chain length: # of double bonds( delta^positions of double bonds)
Omega Lipid Nomenclature
Relative position of double bond to omega carbon
Numbering originates at methyl end
Saturated Fatty Acids
No double bonds
Unsaturated Fatty Acids
Double bonds
Structure and function of triacylglycerols
Structure: Glycerol backbone, 3 esterified fatty acid chains
Function: Insulation, energy storage
Structure and Function of waxes
Structure: Long chain alcohol esterfied to long chain fatty acids
Function: Energy storage and water repellant
Phospholipids
Components: Fatty acids, Backbone, Phosphate, alcohol head group
Sphingolipids
Components: Sphingosine backbone, Fatty acid, Polar head group
Steroids
Components: 4 rings of carbon
Simple Diffusion
Nonpolar compounds only
Down concentration gradient
Facilitated Diffusion
down electrochemical gradient
Primary Active Transport
Against Electrochemical gradient, driven by ATP