test 9/18 Flashcards
chitin
provides structural support for the cell walls of many fungi
starch
a storage polysaccharide of plants that consists of glucose monomers, plants store surplus starch as granules
glycogen
storage polysaccharide in animals, found mainly in liver and muscle cells
cellulose
polysaccharide that is a major component of the tough wall of plant cells, also a glucose polymer
monosaccharides
simplest carbs are these, they have the carbonyl group and their molecular formulas are usually multiples of ch2o
disaccharide
formed when a dehydration reaction joins two monosaccharides
polysaccharide
when more than two monosaccharides are joined together
what do carbs do
provide energy
how do two things come together
dehydration reaction
what are the functional groups
carbonyl, carboxyl, hydroxyl, methyl, sulfhydryl
carboxyl
cooh
carbonyl
co
methyl
ch3
amino
nh2
phosphate
po4