Metabolism Of Macronutrients Exam 1.2

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Metabolites

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intermediates/products of metabolism. Serve as fuel, structural molecules, cell signaling, modify enzyme activity, or function as enzymatic cofactors(ex:glucose)

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Functional Groups

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the components of organic molecules most commonly involved in chemical reactions

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Trioses

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3 carbon atoms. Glyceraldehyde and dihydroxyacetone.

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Pentoses

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5 carbon atoms. Ribose and ribulose.

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Hexoses

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6 carbon atoms. Glucose and fructose

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Chiral Carbon

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farthest from the carbonyl group determines an L or D isomer

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Hemiacetals and Hemiketals

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compounds that are derived from aldehydes and ketones respectively. These compounds are formed by addition of an alcohol to the carbonyl group. As a result, anomeric carbon becomes chiral

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Anomer

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one of two stereoisomers of a cyclic saccharide that differs only in its configuration at the hemiacetal group.

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Cyclic structures

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Form when the hydroxyl group on the highest numbered chiral carbon reacts with the carbonyl group (aldehyde or ketone)

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Disaccharide

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They are synthesized when 2 monosaccharides (same or different) are joined together and a molecule of water is removed, the process is known as a dehydration reaction