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Biochemical Molecules and Processes - Carbohydrates I - 11/11/24
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| importance of carb? | intracellular traffic and recognition |
| how is intracellular traffic and recognition facilitated? | cell surface carbohydrate molecules |
| examples of structural and mechanical components of cell walls? | insect exoskeleton, cartilage and synovial fluid and nucleic acids |
| storage of starch in plants? | chloroplasts in leaves |
| general formula of monosaccharides? | (CH2O)n |
| how can monosaccharides be classified? | 1. number carbon atoms 2. aldehyde or ketone group |
| trioses? | 3C |
| ketose? | dihydroxyacetone |
| aldose? | glyceraldehyde |
| glyceraldehyde? | aldose |
| dihydroxyacetone? | ketose |
| stereogenic carbon? | enantiomers (L and D) |
| glyceraldehyde has a what? | stereogenic carbon |
| examples of trioses? | dihydroxyacetone and glyceraldehyde |
| tetrose? | 4C |
| describe tetrose? | intermediate in pentose phosphate pathway in calvin cycle, used as precursor in the biosynthesis of the aromatic amino acids tyrosine, phenylalanine, tryptophan |
| examples of aromatic amino acids? | tyrosine, phenylalanine, tryptophan |
| pentose sugar? | 5C |
| describe pentose sugar | ribose, backbone of rna, make up ribonucleotides, creation of ATP |
| hexose sugar? | 6C |
| describe hexose sugar: fructose | fructose, monosaccharide, most abundant ketohexose |
| describe hexose sugar: glucose | energy storage molecule, aldohexose |
| what is the link between fructose and glucose? | fructose is a structural isomer of glucose |