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, BIOCHEMISTRY ACS FINAL EXAM
1. What is the D configuration of a sugar in a Fisher projection?
Answer chyrol carbon furthest from the carboxyl group
hydroxyl on right
2. What is the L configuration of a sugar in a Fisher projection?
Answer hydroxyl on left
3. What is the difference between glycogen and amylopectin?
Answer glycogen- has branches about every 10 residues (more highly branched)
amylopectin- has branches about every 25
4. What is amylose made up of?
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, Answer glucose
5. What makes up starch?
Answer amylose amlyopectin
6. What is a glycosidic bond?
Answer links two monosaccharides together at points 1 and 4
7. What is the difference between an alpha(1-4) and beta(1-4) linkage?
Answer alpha
when the oxygen is pointed down in a glycosidic bond
beta
when the oxygen is pointed up in a glycosidic bond
8. What is the definition of a carbohydrate?
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