Lets Test You Knowledge on Biochemistry Flashcards

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  1. Allose is oxidized at C-1 to form __________.
  2. Galacturonic acid is formed when the sugar ___________ is oxidized at C-_____.
  3. Glucaric acid is formed when Glucose is oxidized at __________. Glucaric acid prefers the ______ form.
  1. Allonic Acid
  2. Galactose, C#6
  3. C#1 AND C#6, Linear
Besides reducing sugars, list 5 other monosaccharide derivatives and list one thing about its characteristic structure or function (to help you remember and identify it).
  1. Ketal, Acetals and Glycosides: Oligo and Polysaccarides
  2. Amino sugars: Have an amino group instead of hydroxyl on C#2 (meramic, sialic acid)
  3. Sugar Ester: phosphates like ATP
  4. Deoxy Sugar: DNA constituents
  5. Alcohol Sugars: Mild reduction of sugars
Review Worksheet for next two problems
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  1. The sugar ________ is attached to a steroid and it affects heart rhythm.
  2. ATP is an example of what sugar derivative?
  3. Sugar amines are basic building blocks for ______________ (heparin, etc).
  1. Oubain
  2. Sugar ester
  3. Glycosaminoglycans
  1. Glycolipids and glycoproteins are found in what 2 places generally?
  2. Give an example of each type.
  3. List the functions of oligosaccharides.
  4. What is the role of Sialic acid?
  5. Mannose-6-P is a signal for what?
Worksheet 7B ------ hemiacetal, hemiketal
  1. Glycoproteins: Secreted by proteins aqueous environment; Glycolipids: Found in cell membrane.
  2. Glyoproteins: Immunoglobins and Transport Proteins; Glyolipids: Glycophorin
  3. Protects from degraduation, allows attachment and solubility of proteins, Helps proper folding (steric crowding), Recognition(cell signaling)
  4. If one of Sialic acids is lost then the protein it was attach to gets degraded by the liver.
  5. For lysoenzymes to move to lysosomes.
  1. What general sugar does galactose and glucose give?
  2. What general sugar does glucose and alpha glucose give?
  3. What general sugar does glucose and beta glucose give?
  4. What general sugar does glucose and fructose give?
  1. Lactose
  2. maltose
  3. celluboise
  4. Sucrose
  1. Define Monosaccarides.
  2. Define Oligosaccarides.
  3. Define Polysaccarides.
  4. Which can be broken down into simpler sugars?
  1. Simple sugars that can't be broken down into even simpler sugars under mild conditions.
  2. 2 to 10 sugars
  3. Polymers of simple sugars
  4. Monosaccarides
WORKSHEET
  1. T or F Sucrose can undergo mutarotation.
  2. T or F Sucrose is a reducing sugar.
  3. T or F Sucrose can't be oxidized by Fehling's Solution.
  1. False can't undergo mutarotation because it is not a reducing sugar
  2. False
  3. True
  1. Aldoses contain what functional group?
  2. What is the simplest Aldose (3C) called? Draw it.
  3. Carbohydrates sugars that are used in the body have what type of chirality (D or L)?
Answer 9
  1. Aldehyde
  2. Glyceraldehyde
  3. D prodominates in nature
Question 10
  1. This following structure shows a picture of Trehalose. What are its Component monosacccharides ? Alpha or Beta link?
  2. What numbered carbons represent the glycosidic bond? Can glucose be oxidized by Fehling’s solution?
  1. Consists of both glucose; Alpha 1,1 link (Glucose alpha 1,1 Glucose)
  2. Carbon 1; no
  1. Ketoses contain what functional group?
  2. What is the simplest Ketose called (3C)? draw it.
  3. Amino acids have what type of chirality?
Answer 11
  1. Ketone
  2. Dihydroxyacetone
  3. L remember amino group always on left carboxyl group on right
  1. What are the 3 functions of polysaccharides?
  2. Starch and Glycogen are _____________ molecules.
  3. Chitin and Cellulose are __________ molecules.
  1. Storage, structural and recognition.
  2. energy storage
  3. structural
  1. What are the 5 Aldoses you are required to know?
  2. What is the 1 Ketose you are required to know?
  3. Define Enantiomers.
  4. Define Diasteromers.
  5. Define Epimers.
  1. Ribose, Galactose, Allose, Mannose, Glucose
  2. Fructose
  3. Mirror image of each other think of L and D isomers such as Glyceraldehyde.
  4. Not mirror images of each other their configurations differ at one or chiral centers.
  5. Two suguars molecules that only differ in one of their chiral centers.
  1. What is the function of starch? In what organism is it found?
  2. What are the 2 forms of starch? What is the difference between them?
  1. energy storage; plants
  2. Amylose and Amylopectin; Amylose is linear and amylopectin is branched.
Draw prefer cyclic forms of Glucose:
  1. Is it pyranose or furanose?
  2. Is it an Aldose or Ketose?
  3. Label anomeric carbon?
  4. Can it undergo mutarotation?
  5. Can it be oxidized by oxidizing agents such as Fehling's solution?
  6. Can it be classified as a reducing sugar?
Answer 15
  1. Pyranose
  2. Aldose
  3. Carbon number 1
  4. Yes due to free anomeric carbon
  5. Yes due to free anomeric carbon
  6. yes