Monosaccharides

Disaccharides

Oligosaccharide

Polysaccharide

In which direction are carbons counted?

What has happened if monosaccharides are in the deoxy form?

Stereoisomers

Enantiomers

What direction do L isomers rotate plane polarised light?

What direction do D isomers rotate plane polarised light?

How to distinguish between D and L isomer?

Which two monosaccharides join together to form maltose?

Which two monosaccharides join together to form lactose?

Which two monosaccharides join together to form sucrose?

Which enzyme catalyses the hydrolysis of maltose to glucose + glucose?

Which enzyme catalyses the hydrolysis of lactose to glucose + galactose?

Which enzyme catalyses the hydrolysis of sucrose to glucose + fructose?

What are glycoproteins?

What are glycolipids?

What does it mean if an oligosaccharide is N-linked to a protein?

What does it mean if an oligosaccharide is O-linked to a protein?

What is the role of glycoproteins?

What are glycosaminoglycans (GAGS)?

What are the properties and uses of GAGS?

What are GAGS that are attached to proteins known as?

What are GAGS that aren't attache dto proteins known as?

What is the role of chondroitin in the body?

What is the role of Hyaluronic acid in the body?

What are sphingolipids?

What is the difference between alpha glucose and beta glucose?

What is starch?

What are the two types of starch?

Where is starch found?

Which enzymes digest starch?

What is glycogen?

Function of glycogen?

How do starch and glycogen differ structurally?