WHAT ARE CARBOHYDRATE MONOMERS KNOWN AS?

18 Jun WHAT ARE CARBOHYDRATE MONOMERS KNOWN AS?

WHAT ARE CARBOHYDRATE MONOMERS KNOWN AS?
September 20, 2018Posted by: kajo No Comments
CHAPTER- 5

1)Define: Macro molecules, monomers and polymers

2) List all the polymers studied in ch 5

3) Differentiate between hydrolysis and dehydration reactions

4) Explain how polymers are formed and broken down using above mentioned reactions.

5) What are carbohydrate monomers known as?

6) Classify of monosaccharides based on the location of carbonyl group

7) Classify monosaccharides based on the number of carbon atoms in the carbon skeleton.

8) What do cells use carbohydrates primarily for?

9) Explain what a glycosidic linkage is?

10) How are disaccharides formed?

11) Give 3 examples of disaccharides studied in class (sucrose, lactose, maltose) and list what monosaccharides each one is made up of.

12) How are the polysaccharides: Starch, glycogen, Cellulose, chitin different from each other?

Where is each of these polysaccharides found?

What is the use of each polysaccharide mentioned above in biological cells?

13) Why does cellulose in human food pass through as insoluble fiber?

14) Why are lipids hydrophobic?

15) What are the three kinds of biologically important lipids?

16) Describe the structure of triglycerides.

17) Differentiate between saturated and unsaturated fatty acids

18) Which of the above mentioned fatty acids is liquid at room temperature and why?

19) What are trans fats?

20) What is hydrogenation?

21) What is the major function of fats in human cells?

22) Describe the structure of phospholipids

23) What happens to phospholipids when added to water and why?

24) Describe the structure of steroids. Give an example

25) What are the monomers of proteins called?

26) List the functions of proteins in living cells

27) Define enzymes

28) What is the difference between a protein and a polypeptide?

29) Describe the structure of an amino acid.

30) What is the same in all 20 amino acids? What is different between different amino acids?

31) What is a peptide bond

32) Describe the following protein structure

Primary, secondary, tertiary and quartarnary

33) What dictates the primary structure of the protein? What bonds are responsible for this structure?

34) What kinds of bonds are responsible for the secondary structure of the protein?

35) What kinds of bonds are responsible for the tertiary structure of the protein?

Be familiar with the diagrams for primary, secondary and tertiary structures of proteins.

36) Alpha helix and beta pleated are examples of what protein structure?

37) Globular and fibrous are examples of what protein structure?

38) What does the term “denatured” mean with respect to a protein?

39) How do temperature conditions higher or lower than optimal affect a proteins function and why?

40) How do pH conditions higher or lower than optimal affect a proteins function and why?

42) What are the 2 kinds of nucleic acids?

43) What are monomers of DNA and RNA called?

44) What does a nucleotide consist of?

45) How is a DNA nucleotide different from an RNA nucleotide?

46) List the 2 families of nitrogenous bases. How they are different from each other?

47) Name the 3 pyrimidines and 2 purines.

48) Describe in detail the structure of DNA

49) Why are the 2 strands of DNA said to be antiparallel?

50) The nitrogenous bases in DNA pair up by _________________ bonds.

51) On DNA; Adenine always pairs up with ___________________ , and guanine always pairs up with _____________.

56) What is gene?

57) Given a piece of the strand of DNA build its complimentary strand

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