Think about what you had for breakfast, lunch today. What in your breakfast or lunch would be considered carbohydrates? Why are they considered carbohydrates?
Distinguish between monosaccharide, disaccharide and polysaccharide Classify sugars as polymers or monomers Explain why starch is a polysaccharide and sucrose is not Explain the biological significance of starch, cellulose and chitin
Monosaccharide Disaccharide Polysaccharide Polymer Glycogen Cellulose Chitin
Are long chains of small building blocks 4 Types: ◦ Carbohydrates ◦ Proteins ◦ Lipids ◦ Nucleic Acids (DNA and RNA)
Distinction between polymer and monomer Polymers ◦ large molecules made of identical or similar building blocks Monomers ◦ Small molecules ◦ Building blocks of polymers
Sugars ◦ Provide energy ◦ Make cell components and other structures Starches ◦ Are polymers ◦ Made up of sugars, the building blocks of starch ◦ Enzymes link the sugars together to form starch ◦ Stores energy in plants & animals
Monosaccharide ◦ single sugar ◦ Ex. Glucose, Fructose Disaccharides ◦ two monosaccharides linked together ◦ Ex. Maltose, Sucrose Glucose Maltose = 2 Glucose molecules linked
Types of Sugars (cont.) Polysaccharide ◦ Polymer with hundreds to thousands of monosaccharides linked together ◦ Ex. Starch
Monosaccharide Disaccharide Polysaccharide Thumbs up-monomer/ Thumbs down- polymer ? 10
Biological Significance of Carbohydrates Storage of Energy ◦ Starch in plants Breaks down into sugars when needed when needed ◦ Glycogen in Vertebrates in liver and muscle cells Breaks down into sugars when needed when needed
Structural ◦ Cellulose makes up the cell wall of plant cells Biological Significance – Only herbivores can break down this polymer due to an enzyme this polymer due to an enzyme in their intestinal bacteria in their intestinal bacteria ◦ Chitin part of exoskeleton of arthropods (lobster, shrimp) Biological Significance Few organisms have the enzyme that breaks down this polymer
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