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- 1. Open EndedWhat are carbohydrates? What are their functions?
- 2. Open EndedCarbohydrates can be classified by the number of sugars present and their size, what are the three types of sugar classifications?
- 3. Open EndedWhat is the structure of a monosaccharide?
- 4. Open EndedHow do you find the number of isomers a sugar has?
- 5. Open EndedKnow the structure of glyceraldehyde,ribose,glucose, frutcose
- 6. Open EndedWhat are enantiomers?
- 7. Open EndedWhat are diastereomers?
- 8. Open EndedWhat are epimers?
- 9. Open EndedWhat is required to change stereochemisty?
- 10. Open EndedSugars of 5 carbons or more usually exsist in a cyclic form, why does this occur?
- 11. Open EndedFormation of a hemiketal or hemiacetal causes the carbonyl carbon to become chiral, what is this carbonyl carbon now called? What about the isomers around it?
- 12. Open EndedWhat are anomers?
- 13. Open EndedThere are two types of anomers, dependent on the position of the hydroxyl group on the carbonyl carbon (C1), what are they called? How do you differentiate the two?
- 14. Open EndedWhat is mutorotation?
- 15. Open EndedOxidizing the -OH group at the C6 position of a monosaccharide (oxidation reaction) produces?
- 16. Open EndedOxidizing the carbonyl group of a monosaccharide (oxidation reaction) produces?
- 17. Open EndedWhat is a reducing sugar?
- 18. Open EndedWhat is the Benedict's test?
- 19. Open EndedIn reference to oligosaccharides and polysaccharides, which end is the reducing end?
- 20. Open EndedWhat is a glycosidic bond?
- 21. Open EndedWhat are the consequences of forming a glycosidic bond?
- 22. Open EndedWhat are glycosyltransferases?
- 23. Open EndedSugar polymer synthensis has no template, what is it dependent on?
- 24. Open EndedWhat is cellulose?
- 25. Open EndedWhat is amylopectin and glycogen?
- 26. Open EndedWhat is chitin?
- 27. Open EndedWhat are glycoconjugates?
- 28. Open EndedWhat's glycan synthesis dependent on?
- 29. Open EndedWhat are glycans?
- 30. Open EndedGlycoforms are different forms of the same glycoprotein/glycolipid/proteoglycan, an example of this is ABO blood type, what are the differences between the four blood types.
- 31. Open EndedWhat are N-linked glycoproteins?
- 32. Open EndedN-linked glycoproteins form three types of structures, what are they?
- 33. Open EndedWhat are O-linked glycoproteins?
- 34. Open EndedO-linked glycoproteins form what kind of structures?
- 35. Open EndedFunctions of n & o-linked glycosylation?
- 36. Open EndedWhat is a gylcosaminoglycan (GAG)?
- 37. Open EndedProteoglycans are defined by what?
- 38. Open EndedTwo primary types of proteins that bind glycans?
- 39. Open EndedWhat are selectins?
- 40. Open EndedWhat are lectins?
- 41. Open EndedCharactestics of a glycan to protein interaction?
- 42. Open EndedHeparin is widely used as an injectable anticoagulant. what are the characteristics of the structure of heparin?
- 43. Open EndedStereoisomers?
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