Carbohydrates/Sugars

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Ketose vs Aldose
Ketone group vs aldose group on anomeric carbon
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What does a reducing sugar have?
Free aldehyde group
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How do you turn a reducing sugar into a non-reducing sugar?
Glycosidic bond at reducing end
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How does a linear sugar cyclize?
3rd (furanose) or 4th OH (pyranose) group attacks anomeric carbon
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Between which Carbons does a glycosidic bond form between two sugars?
Carbon 1 and Carbon 4
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How is a glycosidic bond named?
Use alpha/beta from anomeric carbon then state which carbons are bonded
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Why is cellulose insoluble to humans?
Beta linkages
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Why is chitin insoluble to humans?
Beta Linkages and branching
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Why can humans break down amylose?
Standard 1,4 link
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What are the branches on glycogen good for?
Reducing glycogen breakdown times