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Carbohydrates The most common building material on Earth Made of Carbon Hydrogen and Oxygen (Most have the ratio 1:2:1 for C:H:O) Used as energy source, building material & cell surface markers There are three major types
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1.Monosaccharides (simple sugars) made of single carbon chain with hydroxyl attached dry state is linear wet state (dissolved) is ring
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Monosaccharides distinguished by carbonyl group ie aldehyde – aldose sugar, ketone – ketose sugar
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Monosaccharides Isomer – a molecule with the same chemical formula but with different arrangement of atoms (pg31 Fig 8(b)) α Glucose β Glucose
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2.Dissaccharides (Oligiosaccharides) made up of 2 sugars (monosaccharides) subunits are attached by a linkage called GLYCOSIDIC LINKAGE which is made by condensation reaction (pg. 31 Fig 8 a&b)
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Why do glycosidic linkages have numbers in them? Remember when we said that functional groups are more reactive and therefore more important than the C-H bonds? We number the carbons starting closest to the functional group
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Two glucose molecules have come together to form a maltose molecule. What is the linkage called? 1-4 glycosidic linkage Explain why this is a 1-2 glycosidic linkage.
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3. Polysaccharides (complexcarbohydrates) made of 100’s and 1000’s of monosaccharides can be straight chained or branched serve 2 functions – energy storage (starch, glycogen) structural support (cellulose, chitin)
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Polysaccharides Starch – (How plants store energy) –there are 2 types Amylose – unbranched α glucose polymer with an α 1-4 glycosidic linkage Amylopectin – branched α glucose polymer with an α 1-4 glycosidic linkage α 1-6 glycosidic linkages cause the polymer to twist into coils making it insoluble in water
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Polysaccharides - starch amylopectin
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Polysaccharides B. Glycogen One way animals store energy (in muscle and liver cells) 1-4 glycosidic linkages similar to amylopectin but more branches Glycogen in liver cells Glycogen
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Polysaccharides Cellulose – major polysaccharide of plants straight chain polymer of β glucose held by alternating alpha and beta 1-4 glycosidic linkage (which makes it indigestible) not coiled so form tight bundles called microfibrils
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