Biochemistry

Chapter 4: Carbohydrate Structure & Function

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Carbohydrates are organized by ____.

Sugars with aldehydes as their most oxidized group are ____ .

Sugars with a____s their most oxidized group are aldoses .

Sugars with ____ as their most oxidized group are ketoses.

Sugars with ketones as their most oxidized group are ____.

The nomenclature of all sugars is based on the ____ forms of glyceraldehyde.

The nomenclature of all sugars is based on the D- and L- forms of ____.

Sugars with ____ on the right (in a Fischer projection) are D-sugars.

Sugars with the highest-numbered chiral carbon with the –OH group on the right (in a Fischer projection) are ____-sugars.

Sugars with the highest-numbered chiral carbon with the –OH group on the ____ (in a Fischer projection) are D-sugars.

Sugars with the highest-numbered chiral carbon with the –OH group on the left (in a Fischer projection) are ____-sugars.

Sugars with the highest-numbered chiral carbon with the –OH group on the ____ (in a Fischer projection) are L-sugars.

Sugars with the highest-numbered chiral carbon with the –____ group on the left (in a Fischer projection) are L-sugars.

D- and L-forms of the same sugar are ____.

____ are nonsuperimposable configurations of molecules with similar connectivity.

____ are a subtype of diastereomers that differ at exactly one chiral carbon.

Epimers are a subtype of ____ that differ at exactly one chiral carbon.

Epimers are a subtype of diastereomers that differ at ____.

____ are a subtype of epimers that differ at the anomeric carbon.

Anomers are a subtype of ____ that differ at the anomeric carbon.

Anomers are a subtype of epimers that differ at ____.

____ of sugars describes the ring formation of carbohydrates from their straight-chain forms.

Cyclization of sugars describes ____.

When rings form of a sugar, the anomeric carbon can take on either an ____-conformation.

When rings form of a sugar, the ____ carbon can take on either an α- or β-conformation.

The ____ carbon is the new chiral center formed in ring closure.

The anomeric carbon is the ____ formed in ring closure.

The ____ carbon was the carbon containing the carbonyl in the straight-chain form.

The anomeric carbon was the carbon containing the ____ in the straight-chain form.

____ have the –OH on the anomeric carbon trans to the free –CH 2 OH group.

α -anomers have the –OH on the anomeric carbon t____o the free –CH 2 OH group.

α -anomers have the –OH on the anomeric carbon trans to the free –____ group.

____ have the –OH on the anomeric carbon cis to the free –CH 2 OH group.

β -anomers have the –OH on the anomeric carbon ____ to the free –CH 2 OH group.

____ projections provide a good way to represent three-dimensional structures.

Haworth projections provide a good way to represent ____-dimensional structures.

____ is when cyclic compounds shift from one anomeric form to another with the straight-chain form as an intermediate.

Mutarotation is when ____

Monosaccharides can undergo three main reactions: ____.

Aldoses can be oxidized to ____.

Aldoses can be ____ to aldonic acids.

Aldoses can be ____ to alditols.

Aldoses can be reduced to ____.

Sugars that can be oxidized are ____ themselves.

Sugars that can be ____ are reducing agents ( reducing sugars ) themselves.

Reducing sugars can be detected by reacting with ____ reagents.

____ sugars can be detected by reacting with Tollens' or Benedict’s reagents.

Sugars with a –H replacing an –OH group are termed ____ sugars.

Sugars can react with carboxylic acids and their derivatives, forming ____.

Sugars can react with ____, forming esters ( esterification ).

Phosphorylation of a sugar happens when ____ is formed by transferring a phosphate group from ATP onto a sugar.

Phosphorylation of a sugar happens when a phosphate ester is formed by transferring a phosphate group from ____ onto a sugar.

____ formation requires the anomeric carbon to link to another sugar.

Glycoside formation requires the ____ carbon to link to another sugar.

Glycoside formation requires the anomeric carbon to ____

____ form as result of glycosidic bonding between two monosaccharide subunits

Disaccharides form as result of ____ bonding between two monosaccharide subunits

Common disaccharides include ____.

Scientific name for sucrose would be ____.

Scientific name for ____ would be glucose- α -1,2-fructose.

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