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penicillin -interferes w/ cell wall synthesis and breakdown 0 mcs5109 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:34:34 GMT view revision history
peptidoglycan layer -linear chains of N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylmuramic acid
-lactic acid
-ala-isoglu-lys-ala peptidoglycan linkages
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gram negative -cytoplasm
-PM
-periplasmic space
-peptidoglycan layer
-outer membrane
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gram positive -cytoplasm
-PM
-peptidoglycan layer
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glucosidase -removes 1 glucose at a time 0 mcs5109 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:59:39 GMT view revision history
amylase -catalyzes random cleavages 0 mcs5109 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:59:39 GMT view revision history
how many reducing ends in branched chain? -1
-OH can open up to =O free aldehyde
-other end can't give free aldehyde; would have to break glycosidic bond
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cellulose -B1-4 linkages glycosidic bonds
-we can't digest
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sucrose -both anomeric carbons in linkage, thus not a reducing sugar 0 mcs5109 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:53:21 GMT view revision history
difference b/w maltose and cellibose? -maltose= alpha linkages, product of starch
-cellibose= beta linkages, product of cellulose
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Methylation analysis -know: Methyl ethers can't be hydrolyzed
-polysaccharide exhaustively methylated
-hydrolyzed
-Free OH groups of resulting methylated monosaccharides mark former positions of glycosidic bonds
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polysaccarides -aka glycans
-consist of monosacchrides linked by glycosidic bonds
-branched or linear
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glucose family -glucose
-glucosamine
-N-acetyl B D glucosamine
-B D glucose 6 phosphate
-muramic acid
-N-acetylmuramic acid
-B D glucuronate
-D gluconate
-D glucono gamma lactone
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ascorbic acid -gamma lactone
-from uronic acid
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if uronic acids internally esterify -forms 5- and 6- membered lactones 0 mcs5109 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:43:06 GMT view revision history
lactone -ester
-acid + alcohol
-smells yummy
-uronic acids form internal esters (like lactone)
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oxidation of primary alcohols of aldoses leads to... ...uronic acids
-glucuronic acid
-galacturonic acid
-mannuronic acid
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glycosidic bond -equal to peptide bonds for proteins
-links carbs to something else via ester
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boat/chair conformations know. them. 0 mcs5109 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:33:46 GMT view revision history
anomeric carbon -C with carbonyl 0 mcs5109 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:26:47 GMT view revision history
beta carbon -OH on opposite side
-B or balanced!
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alpha carbon -OH of anomeric carbon on same side as O of highest chiral carbon of Fisher projection 0 mcs5109 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:26:47 GMT view revision history
cyclic structures -ex: fructose
-furanose and pyranose structures can also be drawn
-depends on what more stable structure is
-ketones generally furanose structures
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know structures of these ketoses -dihydroxyacetone
-ribulose
-xylulose
-fructose
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know structures of these aldoses -glyceraldehyde
-erthrose
-threose
-ribose
-xylose
-glucose
-mannose
-galactose
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sugar chirality -D sugars predominate in nature 0 mcs5109 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:17:23 GMT view revision history
basic sugar info -Carbons fixed by photosynthesis made into carbo (CH2O)n 0 mcs5109 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:17:23 GMT view revision history

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