Exam 5 Flashcards
What are some properties we can use to classify carbohydrates?
How many carbons, C=O functional group location, # of sugar units, sterochemistry
Trioses
3-C sugars
Tetroses
4-Carbon sugars
Pentoses
5-Carbon sugars
Hexoses
6 C sugars
What are the monosaccharide components of the disaccharides maltose, lactose, and sucrose?
Maltose = glucose + glucose
Lactose = glucose + galactose
Sucrose = Glucose + fructose
Decribe Fisher projection vs Haworth
Fisher linear
Haworth- closed shape usually hexagon
What functional group is used to classify carbs
Carbonyl C=O
What is the difference between D-glucose and L-glucose
D- OH on 5th C is to the right
L- OH on the 5th C is to the left
How many sugar units in oligosaccharides, polysaccharides?
Oligo- 3-10 sugar units
Poly- more than 10 monosaccharides
D-glucose and L-glucose are what in relation to each other
Isomers
Name 4 examples of polysaccharides
Starch, glycogen, cellulose, chitin
Define and name a few examples of types of glycoproteins
Oligosaccharides bonded to membrane proteins
Antibodies
Hormones
Coagulation factors
What is needed for a carb to be a reducing substance
The sugar must have a free ketone or aldehyde group
Most ingested carbs are __
Polymers
____ breaks the polymers down into dextrins and disaccharides
amylase
Where to monosaccharides go after they are digested and absorbed
The liver
___ is the only carb that is used or stored directly
Glucose
What is the primary source of energy in humans
glucose
What is the general reaction for the 1st metabolic pathway
What are the end products
Embden- Meyerhof Pathway
Aerobic- 32 mols of ATP from 1 mol glucose – glucose to pyruvic acid
Anaerobic- 2 mols of ATP from 1 mol of glucose – glucose to lactic acid
What is the general reaction for the 2nd metabolic pathway
What are the end products
Hexose Monophosphate shunt- G6p to 6 phosphogluconic acid, enzyme G6p dehydrogenase
NADPH and ribose 5 phosphate
What is the general reaction for the 3rd metabolic pathway
What are the end products
Glycogenesis
G6P –> glycogen
What metabolic pathway for glucose can produce the sugar used in nucleotide synthesis?
Hexose monophosphate- ribose 5 phosphate is used in nucleotide synthesis
What is the storage form of glucose?
Glycogen
What tissues are capable of storing glycogenesis and glycogenolysis
Genesis- Liver and muscle
Lysis- Liver
What metabolic process occurs during short fasting period
glycogenolysis
gluconeogenesis
What metabolic process occurs during prolonged fasting
gluconeogenesis
What metabolic process occurs during postprandial
after a meal
glycogenesis
lipogenesis
Glucagon is a ___
secreted by ___
and it increases _____
And it also increases ____
hormone
alpha langerhans
Glucogenolysis
Gluconeogenesis
Growth hormone is secreted by
the anterior pituitary
ACTH is secreted by
anterior pituitary
Somatostatin is secreted by ____
and is the intermediate between glucagon and ____
pancreas
insulin
Which of these ___ increase glucose blood levels, which ones decrease
glucagon
epinephrine
growth hormone
ACTH
Somatostatin
cortisol
thryoxine
human placental lactogen
insulin
all hormones!
all increase glucose expect for insulin
Epinephrine is secreted by
adrenal cortex
Cortisol is secreted by
the adrenal cortex
Thyroxine is secreted by
thyroid gland
human placental lactogen is secreted by
placenta
insulin is secreted by
Beta cells of langerhans
What hormones when overproduced mimic diabetes symptoms
cortisol and thyroxine
What component is lost when converting preproinsulin into proinsulin
the process is called
signal sequence
proteolysis
What component is lost when converting proinsulin into mature insulin
C-peptide
Increase in plasma glucose levels due to defects in insulin secretion, action or both causes ___ resulting in the disease
hyperglycemia
diabetes mellitus
signs and symptoms of hyperglycemia
increased or decreased?
thirst
urination
appetite
all increased
blurred vision
slow healing wounds
numbness, tingling in feet
rapid breathing
decreased consciousness-coma
hyperglycemia
Diabetes Mellitus is Type #
___ dependent
1 insulin dependent
2 non insulin dependent
Destruction of beta pancreas cells from an autoimmune condition can be a triggering event for___
DM