Ministry of higher education First Semester (2023)

Higher institute for engineering Sheet No: 1

and Technology Level: four
New Damietta Section:
Course title: Biochemistry Full Mark: 20 Marks

Student name: Code:

Question 1:

Answer the questions for Pentoses

a) Number of chiral centers in aldopentoses are …………
b) Number of chiral centers in ketopentoses are …………
c) The name of isomeric ketopentose of D-Ribose is ……….
d) Number of D-Isomers of aldopentoses are …………..
e) Number of L-Isomers of ketopentoses are …………..
f) The aldopentose, which is present in RNA, is …………
g) The aldopentose, which is important for heart muscle, is …………
h) ……………., ………………., …………………. and ……………. are aldohexoses.
i) …………….. and ……………….. have the same ketopentoses.
j) In monosaccharides, the orientation of H and OH above CH2OH
determine …… and ………

Question 2:

Choose the correct answer

1. The most abundant bio-compounds in nature on the earth

a) Protein b) Carbohydrates c) Nucleic acid

2. The class of D-fructose

a) Aldopentoses b) Aldohexoses c) ketohexoses d)

ketopentoses

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HO

The name of above sugar is

a) 2-deoxy-D-mannose

b) 2-deoxy-D-Glucose

c) Both a and b

4. Tetroses are

a) Oligosaccharides b) polysaccharides c) monosaccharides

5. A sugar consists of 7 units of monosaccharides is called

a) Oligosaccharides b) polysaccharides c) monosaccharides

6. In amino sugar, OH in C number ………. is replaced by NH2

a) 3 b) 2 c) 4

Answer

Q No. 1 2 3 4 5 6
Choose

Question 3:

Draw the chemical structure of the following

1. 6-Deoxy—L-galactose

2. D-mannosamine

3. Amino sugar of pentose that present in RNA

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Ministry of higher education First Semester (2023)
Higher institute for engineering Sheet No: 1
and Technology Level: four
New Damietta Section:
Course title: Biochemistry Full Mark: 20 Marks

4.
C HO

O H

H O H

O H

H O H

C H2O H

For above sugar, draw

1. Its L-isomer

2. Its aminosugar

3. Its 6-deoxy sugar

4. Mention the number of L-isomers of above sugar

5. Identify its class

6. The number of isomers of 3-deoxy of the above sugar

Question 4:

Give reason

1. Dihydroxy acetone cannot be considered as carbohydrate

2. Glucose and mannose have the same ketose

3. Sugar with contains 7 carbons atom is not considered as

oligosaacharides

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