carbohydrates

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  • Carbohydrate
    • elements: CHO
    • general formula:(CH2O)n
    • organic molecules - contain C H
    • macro-molecule polymers
      • large mc, NORMALLY insoluble
      • consisting of long chains of smaller repeating units
    • monosaccharides - single sugars
      • trioses sugar -3C
        • formed in the processes of respiration and PS
      • pentose sugar -5C
        • ribose from ribose nucleotides and deoxyribose from deoxyribose nucleotides
          • ribose - c 2 has OH group down
          • deoxyribose - c 2 has OH group up
      • hexose sugar - 6C
        • C6H12O6
          • glucose
            • 2 isomers = a glucose and B glucose
              • orientation of -OH group on C1
              • a glucose on C1 OH is down
              • B glucose on C1 OH is up
          • fructose
            • only four C in the ring
          • galactose
          • isomers -same no. of atoms in a diff arrangement
    • disaccharides- double sugars
      • formed by the constitute of 2 monosaccharides
        • a glucose + a glucose = MALTOSE
          • linked by a 1-4 a glyosidic bond
        • a glucose + fructose = SUCROSE
        • a glucose + galactose = lactose
      • linked by glyosidic bonds
        • products = disaccharide and 1 WATER MC
      • bond formed = condensation reaction
      • bond broken = hydrolysis reaction
    • polysaccharides - NOT SUGARS
      • starch
        • energy storage in plant cells - Chloroplasts
        • a glucose mc
        • chains may be unbranched - AMYLOSE or branched AMYLOPECTIN
          • amylose C1-C4 glyosidic bond
            • create a helical strand
            • long chains and animal enzymes can hydrolyse a glucose glyosidic bonds so starch provides glucose
          • amylopectin C1-C6 AND C1-C4 glyosidic bonds
            • branching by linking the chains
            • compact storage of glucose and many terminal ends for rapid hydrolysis
        • large insoluble mc - osmotically inert. doesn't effect water balance and easily retained w/in the cell
      • long chain POLYMERS of repearting glucose mc formed by numerous con reactions
      • glycogen
        • energy store in muscle/ liver and fungi
        • a glucose mc
        • much more highly branched - more C1-C6 glyosidic bond
          • very compact storage of glucose
          • readily hydrolysed by enzymes - many terminal ends for enzymes to attach
        • C1-C4 a glyosidic bonds
          • long chains of glucose to be joined - polymer
          • animal enzymes can hydrolysis a glucose GB - glycogen can release glucose when needed
        • large insoluble mc - osmotically inert. doesn't effect water balance and easily retained w/in the cell
      • cellulose
        • structural support in plant cell walls
        • B glucose mc
        • chains are unbranched
        • linked by B C1-C4 GB creating straight chains - orientation of B glucose units
          • chains run parallel to each other
            • bundled together to form microfibrils
              • bundles together to form thread like fibrils laid down in layers in cell wall
                • provide structural support to cell having tensile strength. resist cell lysiss
              • mesh like structure as MF run perpendicular to each other
                • strength in more than 1 plane
            • MB formed by H bonds b/w chains
              • bundles together to form thread like fibrils laid down in layers in cell wall
                • provide structural support to cell having tensile strength. resist cell lysiss
          • animal enzymes cannot hydrolyse - don't contain cellulase
            • fungi, bacteria and some protoctistans can attack these bonds and break down plant CW

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