Chapter 2 (pt3)

Question 1

What are glycoproteins composed of?

Answer 1

Mainly proteins with a small percentage of carbohydrates

Question 2

Identify this structure

Answer 2

Heparin ( a GAG)

Question 3

Identify this structure

Answer 3

Chondroitin (A GAG)

Question 4

What has a negative charge, prevents blood clotting and binds to antithrombin III; made by mast cells?

Answer 4

Heparin (a GAG)

Question 5

What is the structure for cartilage, tendon, and bone?

Answer 5

Chondroitin (A GAG)

Question 6

Which GAG is a family of highly sulfated and negatively charged polysaccharide with a M.S between 3 - 30kDa?

Answer 6

Heparin (A GAG)

Question 7

Which GAG type is an extracellular GAG on epithelial cells, used to prevent blotting/binding?

Answer 7

Heparan Sulfate

Question 8

Which GAG type is synovial fluid, viterous humor, loose connective tissue, and cartilage?

Answer 8

Hyaluronic acid

Question 9

Which GAG type is found in corneas and loose connective tissue?

Answer 9

Keratan sulfates

Question 10

Which GAG type is found in skin, blood vessels, and heart valves?

Answer 10

Dematan Sulfates

Question 11

Which GAG has common components of hyaluronic acid, and long, linear chains of repetitve units of uronic acids and chondroitin sulfate or keratan sulfate bound together by link and core proteins?

Answer 11

Collagen