Types of Polysaccharides
Where is starch found?
Plants
How many carbohydrates do Monosaccharides have?
1
What disaccharide is formed when two glucose molecules combine?
Maltose
What is the product of dehydration synthesis
H2O
What does -ose mean
Sugar
What is glycogen composed of?
Many connected glucose monomers
True or False: Pentose Monosaccharides are not isomers.
True
What polysaccharide is also known as animal starch, and is the storage gorm of glucose in animals and humans?
Glycogen
When is gel electrophoresis more useful
What does -hydr mean
Water
What does the structure of Glycogen look like?
A branched chain
How many monomers are found in a monosaccharide
1
These carbohydrates are often found on the surface of cell membranes.
Oligosaccharides
What is agarose
A polysaccharide
What does macro mean
Large
Where is chitin found?
Structural support in cell walls of fungi; arthropods
What is the covalent bond that joins two monosaccharides
Glycosidic Bond
This disaccharide is commonly transported in plant sap.
Sucrose
Would DNA travel to the Positive or Negative side of the gel electrophoresis apparatus
Positive
What does -ate mean
It forms the names of chemical substances
What does the structure of Starch look like. Explain both structures.
1. An Amylose-straight chain
2. An Amylopectin branched chain
What are the Chemical formulas for any Hexose Monosaccharide?
C6H12O6
This is a polysaccharide that the human body cannot digest, therefore also making it an important source of dietary fiber.
Cellulose
Consider an polysaccharide with only four glucose molecules. How many water molecules would be released when the 4-glucose molecule forms
3
What does dehydration synthesis mean
to put together while losing water