07. Pentose, Hexose and isomers

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What are the pentose sugars?

Deoxyribose (DNA), Ribose (RNA), Fructose

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What are pentose sugars?

Constituents of nucleotides -> DNA, RNA, ATP, ADP

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What are the hexose sugars?

Alpha and beta glucose, galactose

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What is glucose?

A source of energy in respiration

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How is glucose a source of energy in respiration?

C-H and C-C bonds are broken to release energy -> transferred to make ATP

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What are isomers?

Have the same chemical formula but arranged differently

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Give an example of isomers?

Alpha and beta glucose

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What is different about alpha and beta glucose?

H and OH atoms arranged differently on Carbon 1