{"id":94,"date":"2012-11-05T11:30:42","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T15:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/wolverton\/?page_id=94"},"modified":"2016-12-01T08:50:41","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T13:50:41","slug":"carbohydrates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/wolverton\/teaching\/cell-bio\/carbohydrates\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbohydrates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:en--><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"links\">Links<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/principles\/ebooks\/introduction-to-cell-biology-4570805\/4569737\">Principles Module 8<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/images\/Carbohydrates-slides.pdf\">Slides from overview<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"objectives\">Objectives<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Recognize the different mono- and disaccharides<\/li>\n<li>Explain how polysaccharides form<\/li>\n<li>Discuss how structure and function relate for carbohydrates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"keypoints\">Key points<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>store energy and build structures<\/li>\n<li>made of C, H, O in (CH<sub>2<\/sub>O)<sub>n<\/sub> proportion<\/li>\n<li>monosaccharides have at least 3 carbons, up to 7\n<ul>\n<li>all include a carbonyl group (C=O) and -OH groups<\/li>\n<li>properties depend on arrangement of groups, size of carbon chain<\/li>\n<li>aldoses have the carbonyl at the end of chain, while ketoses have the carbonyl carbon in the middle of the chain<\/li>\n<li>isomers are molecules that have the same formula but different shapes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>glycosidic bonds result from dehydration reactions, form polymers\n<ul>\n<li>described by position of bond, orientation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>dissacharides are composed of 2 monosaccharides<\/li>\n<li>polysaccharides store energy, provide structure<\/li>\n<li>polysaccharides also act as cell surface markers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"in-classactivities\">In-class activities<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Carbohydrates are everywhere, forming the foundation of the biological economy. Think about the foods you ate yesterday and list them. For each food, list each carbohydrate and whether it is a monosaccharide, disaccharide, or polysaccharide (<em>hint: \u2018fiber\u2019 is a polysaccharide that is not digestible<\/em>). Then explain the function of that carbohydrate <em>in the organism that originally synthesized it<\/em>. Finally, estimate how many calories it provided to you when you ate it.<\/li>\n<li>Why does candy make you thirsty?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links Principles Module 8 Slides from overview Objectives Recognize the different mono- and disaccharides Explain how polysaccharides form Discuss how structure and function relate for carbohydrates Key points store energy and build structures made of C, H, O in (CH2O)n proportion monosaccharides have at least 3 carbons, up to 7 all include a carbonyl group [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"parent":447,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-94","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/wolverton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/wolverton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/wolverton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/wolverton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/wolverton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/wolverton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":490,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/wolverton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94\/revisions\/490"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/wolverton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/wolverton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}