Exam III BICH 409 Tamu Bryant Miles
Questions and Answers.
haworth projection of alpha-D-glucopyranose - Answer
Which of the following is not a glycoaminoglycan?
a) amylopectin
b) hyaluronate
c) heparin
d) Chondroitin-4-sulfate
e) Dermatan sulfate - Answer Amylopectin
How is cellulose held together? - Answer Cellulose is held together by intermolecular
hydrogen bonds
Which of the following contributes to the structural rigidity of cellulose?
A) The conformation of the cellulose polymer adapts a helical conformation.
B) The Alpha (1⟶4) glycosidic linkages.
C) Cellulose is a highly branched polysaccharide.
D) Adjacent polymers are covalently crosslinked by short peptides covalently attached to the
glucose polymers.
E) Adjacent cellulose polymers are stabilized by extensive hydrogen bonding. - Answer E)
Adjacent cellulose polymers are stabilized by extensive hydrogen bonding.
Haworth projection of Alpha-D-mannopyranose - Answer
Which of the following pairs is interconverted in the process of mutarotation?
A) Alpha-D-glucose and Beta-L-glucose
B) Alpha-D-glucose and Alpha-D-fructose
C) Alpha-D-glucose and Beta-D-glucose
D) None of these
E) Alpha-D-glucose and Alpha-D-galactose - Answer C) Alpha-D-glucose and Beta-D-glucose
Glycogen is a polymer composed of which of the following?
Questions and Answers.
haworth projection of alpha-D-glucopyranose - Answer
Which of the following is not a glycoaminoglycan?
a) amylopectin
b) hyaluronate
c) heparin
d) Chondroitin-4-sulfate
e) Dermatan sulfate - Answer Amylopectin
How is cellulose held together? - Answer Cellulose is held together by intermolecular
hydrogen bonds
Which of the following contributes to the structural rigidity of cellulose?
A) The conformation of the cellulose polymer adapts a helical conformation.
B) The Alpha (1⟶4) glycosidic linkages.
C) Cellulose is a highly branched polysaccharide.
D) Adjacent polymers are covalently crosslinked by short peptides covalently attached to the
glucose polymers.
E) Adjacent cellulose polymers are stabilized by extensive hydrogen bonding. - Answer E)
Adjacent cellulose polymers are stabilized by extensive hydrogen bonding.
Haworth projection of Alpha-D-mannopyranose - Answer
Which of the following pairs is interconverted in the process of mutarotation?
A) Alpha-D-glucose and Beta-L-glucose
B) Alpha-D-glucose and Alpha-D-fructose
C) Alpha-D-glucose and Beta-D-glucose
D) None of these
E) Alpha-D-glucose and Alpha-D-galactose - Answer C) Alpha-D-glucose and Beta-D-glucose
Glycogen is a polymer composed of which of the following?
