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Carbohydrate Structure
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Nomenclature Structures Cyclizations Modifications Outline
Simple Carbohydrates Nomenclature Structures Cyclizations Modifications
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Saccharides X = Aldehydes = Aldoses Ketones = Ketoses Cx(H2O)x
Monosaccharides Cx(H2O)x Glucose (C6H12O6) Fructose (C6H12O6) Ribose (C5H10O5) Galactose (C6H12O6) Glyceraldehyde (C3H6O3) • Tri- = 3 • Tetr- = 4 • Pent- = 5 • Hex- =6 • Hept- = 7 • Oct- = 8 X = Aldehydes = Aldoses Ketones = Ketoses
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Different Sizes 3 Carbons Triose 4 Carbons Tetrose 5 Carbons Pentose
The -oses 3 Carbons Triose 4 Carbons Tetrose 5 Carbons Pentose 6 Carbons Hexose D-Glyceraldehyde D-Threose D-Ribose D-Glucose
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{ } Aldose Ketose Common Sugars Aldehyde Ketone D-Glucose D-Fructose
Aldose and Ketose Aldehyde Ketone D-Glucose D-Fructose { } Aldose Ketose
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Simple Sugars Aldopentose Aldohexose Ketohexose Aldohexose Aldohexose
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Mirror Images L-Glyceraldehyde D-Glyceraldehyde Asymmetric Carbons
Penultimate Carbon The Glyceraldehydes D- Configuration L- Configuration Mirror Images L-Glyceraldehyde D-Glyceraldehyde
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Multiple Asymmetric Centers
Glucose D-configuration Asymmetric Carbons D-Glucose
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Enantiomers D-configuration L-configuration D-Glucose L-Glucose
Mirror Images D-configuration L-configuration D-Glucose L-Glucose
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Diastereomers Same Configuration D-Glucose D-Gulose Different
Same chemical type & size, non-mirror images Same Configuration D-Glucose D-Gulose Different Configurations
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Epimers D-Glucose D-Galactose
Diastereomers differing in configuration of one carbon only D-Glucose D-Galactose
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The New Asymmetric Carbon
Cyclization of Sugars New Asymmetric Center In Close Spatial Proximity The New Asymmetric Carbon Is Called Anomeric
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Cyclization of Sugars
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Cyclization of Sugars
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Haworth Structures Glucose Anomers α-D-Glucopyranose β-D-Glucopyranose
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Common Furanoses β-D-Fructofuranose β-D-Ribofuranose
Fructose and Ribose β-D-Fructofuranose β-D-Ribofuranose
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Conformational Isomers
Chair and Boat Forms of β-D-Glucose
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Cyclic Structures Glucose
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Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate
Modified Sugars Galactosamine N-acetylglucosamine Mannose-6-phosphate Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate Glucuronic Acid
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Glycosides
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Sugar Alcohol Sorbitol (Glucitol)
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Artificial Sweeteners
Sucralose
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Sucrose (glucose + fructose) Lactose (glucose + galactose)
Disaccharides Sucrose (glucose + fructose) Lactose (glucose + galactose) Maltose (glucose + glucose)
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Polysaccharides Cellulose Glycogen Amylose Amylopectin Chitin
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Hark the Sucrose (to the tune of "Hark the Herald") Copyright © Kevin Ahern
Metabolic Melody Carbohydrates all should sing Glory to the Haworth ring Anomeric carbons hide When they're in a glycoside Glucopyranose is there In the boat or in the chair Alpha, beta, D and L Di-astere-omer hell
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Nomenclature Fischer Form Haworth Form
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Sucrose (glucose + fructose) Lactose (glucose + galactose)
Disaccharides Sucrose (glucose + fructose) Lactose (glucose + galactose) Maltose (glucose + glucose)
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Sucrose Sucrose Disaccharides Glucose α1, β2 Diglycosidic Links
Comprised of two sugars Sucrose Glucose 1 2 3 4 5 6 α1, β2 Diglycosidic Links 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fructose 1 2 3 4 5 6 Glucose Fructose Sucrose α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-D-fructofuranoside
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Disaccharides Glucose Glucose Galactose α-1,4 Glycosidic Bond
Lactose and Maltose Glucose Galactose Glucose 1 2 3 4 5 6 β-1,4 Glycosidic Bond 1 2 3 4 5 6 α-1,4 Glycosidic Bond Lactose Maltose β-D-galactopyranosyl-(1→4)-D-glucose α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-D-glucose
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Reducing Versus Non-Reducing Sugars
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Found in glycoproteins Play roles in cellular identity
Oligosaccharides Found in glycoproteins Play roles in cellular identity
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Polysaccharides Cellulose Glycogen Amylose Amylopectin Chitin
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Cellulose Polysaccharides β-1,4 Glycosidic Links Glucose
Sugar Polymers With Glycosidic Bonds β-1,4 Glycosidic Links Glucose Cellulose
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Amylose - component of starch
Polysaccharides Sugar Polymers With Glycosidic Bonds α-1-4 Glycosidic Links 4 1 Glucose Amylose - component of starch
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Amylose - component of starch
Polysaccharides Amylose - component of starch
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Amylopectin - component of starch
Polysaccharides α-1,6 Glycοsidic Link Branches 1 6 α-1,4 Glycosidic Links 1 4 Glucose Amylopectin - component of starch
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Glycogen Polysaccharides α1,6 links α1,4 links Glucose
Sugar Polymers With Glycosidic Bonds α1,4 links Glucose Glycogen
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Modified Polysaccharides
Chitin in the wing of a sap beetle Chitin
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Modified Polysaccharides
Galacturonic acid polymer α-1,4 bonds Pectin - gelling agent
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Polysaccharides Binding
Lectins - proteins that bind carbohydrates specifically Part of innate immune system Mannose binding lectin targets microbes Phytohemagglutinins in plants Used by bacteria/viruses for cellular attachment Tamiflu inhibits neuraminidase necessary for exit of flu virus
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Glycolipids Glycoglycerolipids and Glycosphingolipids
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Glycolipids Glycoglycerolipids Sugar Diacylglycerol
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Sphingolipid Backbone
Glycolipids Glycosphingolipids Single Sugar Sphingolipid Backbone Cerebrosides
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Sphingolipid Backbone
Glycolipids Complex Carbohydrate Glycosphingolipids Sphingolipid Backbone Gangliosides
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Glycosylation Glycosaminoglycans - polyanionic polymers of modified sugars Peptidoglycans - peptides/proteins linked to polyanionic polymers of modified sugars Glycoproteins - proteins linked to oligosaccharides N-linked - joined to asparagine in protein - E.R. and Golgi apparatus O-Linked - joined to serine/threonine in protein - Golgi apparatus
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Glycosylation - glycoproteins
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Glycosylation - Blood typing
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Chondroitin Sulfate Heparin
Glycosaminoglycans Unbranched polyanionic saccharide polymers Heparin
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Structural Lullaby In your sleep You can keep
(To the tune of "Brahms' Lullaby") Copyright © Kevin Ahern Metabolic Melody In your sleep You can keep Learning more about sugars Fischer schemes Haworth rings D & L and everything Hydroxides Can’t collide Fav’ring chair over boat form Spatial guides Coincide With the way structures form
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