Carbohydrate Structures and Functions

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Biochemistry › Carbohydrate Structures and Functions

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During times of glucose deprivation in the human body, the liver is able to supply glucose to the bloodstream by breaking down a large, branched polysaccharide that it holds in reserve until it is needed. Which of the following lists the correct type of glycosidic bonds found in this polysaccharide.

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During times of glucose deprivation in the human body, the liver is able to supply glucose to the bloodstream by breaking down a large, branched polysaccharide that it holds in reserve until it is needed. Which of the following lists the correct type of glycosidic bonds found in this polysaccharide.

3

What is an aldotriose?

4

What is an aldotriose?

5

Why is it that reducing sugars can be metabolized in humans, but non-reducing sugars cannot?

6

Why is it that reducing sugars can be metabolized in humans, but non-reducing sugars cannot?

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Which of the following is not an example of a compound that contains carbohydrate in its structure?

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You discover that your patient is lactose intolerant, having a mutation that does not allow them to produce an enzyme that cleaves the disaccharide lactose. If they had the lactase enzyme, which glycosidic bond would it cleave?

9

Which of the following is not an example of a compound that contains carbohydrate in its structure?

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You discover that your patient is lactose intolerant, having a mutation that does not allow them to produce an enzyme that cleaves the disaccharide lactose. If they had the lactase enzyme, which glycosidic bond would it cleave?

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