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Cards (44)

  • What are the three types of carbohydrates mentioned?
    Polyhydroxy aldehyde, polyhydroxy ketose, hydrolysis products
  • What is the relationship between L-Fructose and D-Fructose?
    They are enantiomers
  • What type of reaction converts a sugar's carbonyl to alcohol?
    Reduction reaction
  • What is blood sugar primarily composed of?
    Glucose
  • What is the most common biopolymer on earth?
    Cellulose
  • What is the difference between cellobiose and maltose?
    One has α-linkage, the other has β-linkage
  • In which disaccharides is a glycosidic linkage present?
    More than one response
  • What is the linkage present in chitin?
    β(1-4) N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues
  • Which substance produces glucose and fructose when hydrolyzed?
    Sucrose
  • What sugars compose maltose?
    2 glucose only
  • What causes lactose intolerance?
    Inability to metabolize lactose
  • Which carbohydrates give a positive Benedict’s test?
    Glucose
  • In which polysaccharides are all glycosidic linkages α(1→4)?
    Starch
  • What is the correct pairing of terms related to carbohydrates?
    None
  • What is a property of lipids?
    Insoluble in water, soluble in nonorganic solvents
  • What kind of bonds do lipases break to release fatty acids from triacylglycerol?
    Ester bonds
  • What is the designated polyunsaturated fatty acid mentioned?
    Arachidonic acid
  • Which statement about fatty acids is incorrect?
    Fatty acids must have at least 16 carbons
  • What deficiency causes rickets?
    Vitamin D deficiency
  • What do lipases break to release fatty acids from triacylglycerol?
    Ester bonds
  • What is esterified to the OH groups of glycerol in glycerophospholipids?
    2 fatty acids
  • What is a classification of sphingoglycolipid?
    Cerebroside
  • What is the metabolic precursor of leukotrienes and prostaglandins?
    Arachidonic acid
  • How does aspirin produce its analgesic effect?
    By inhibiting prostaglandin synthesis
  • In which pair of fatty acids does the first listed acid have a higher melting point?
    16:2 and 16:0
  • Which vitamins are needed for blood coagulation?
    Vitamin K
  • What is not found in biological membranes?
    Triacylglycerol
  • What is the most abundant steroid in the body?
    Cholesterol
  • What is the structure of steroids?
    3 six-membered rings and 1 five-membered ring
  • What are enantiomers?
    Complete mirror images, differ at every chiral center
  • What are epimers?
    Differ at only one chiral center
  • Which type of RNA is not common?
    snRNA
  • What do DNA rich in G-C pairs have?
    3 hydrogen bonds
  • What does ciprofloxacin inhibit?
    DNA gyrase
  • What can exposure of DNA to ultraviolet radiation lead to?
    Formation of thymine dimers
  • Which group is not in nucleosides?
    Phosphate
  • Which nucleobase is a purine?
    Adenine
  • What are single-ring bases?
    C, T, U
  • How does DNA replication occur in prokaryotes?
    Unique site; two directions, meets halfway
  • Which of the following is not a universal feature of DNA replication?
    All of these describe DNA synthesis