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Biology 101 Ch. 5
Note cards for Professor Abu's class at Gustavus
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
09/14/2012

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Term
What do monosaccharides contain?
Definition
a Carbonyl group and a Hydroxyl Group
Term
What is the difference between a-glucose and b-glucose?
Definition

a-glucose has the O away from the OH

B-glucose has the O next to the OH

Term

What is the bond between sugars?

What group is bonded?

Definition

Glycosidic.

Hydroxyl group.

Term
How many hydroxyl groups do monosaccharides have?
Definition
two
Term

What are the two components that make starch?

What is it used for?

Definition

Made of amylose and Amylopectin.

Used by plants for energy

Term

What is glycogen made of?

What is it used for?

Definition

a-glucose.

Used for energy by animals.

Term

What is Cellulose made of?

What is it used for?

Definition

b-glucose.

Plant Structural support

Term
What are the three things that carbs do?
Definition
Provide structure, Give cells idenitites, and store chemical energy.
Term
What is a glycoprotein?
Definition
a Protein covalently bonded to a carb
Term
What kind of covalently bonded molecules have a higher potential energy?
Definition
Non-polar.
Term
What is the enzyme that breaks down glycosidic bonds in glycogen?
Definition
Phosphorylase
Term
What enzyme breaks down glycosidic bonds in starch?
Definition
Amylases.
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