Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry 6th Edition

Published by W.H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1-42923-414-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-42923-414-6

Chapter 7 - Carbohydrates and Glycobiology - Problems - Page 278: 7

Answer

(a) cellulose and glycogen are polymers of D-glucose, but cellulose has $\beta$ 1 $\rightarrow$ 4 glycosidic bond, but glyogen has a $\alpha$ 1 $\rightarrow$ 4 glycosidic bond. (b) D-glucose and D-fructose are hexoses, but glucose is an aldose, and fructose is a ketose. (c) Maltose and sucrose are disaccharides, but maltose has a $\alpha$ 1 $\rightarrow$ 4 glycosidic bond of two D-glucose units; sucrose has a $\alpha$ 1 $\rightarrow$ 2 $\beta$ -linked D-glucose and D-fructose.

Work Step by Step

Sugars differ from each other based on monomer units, glycosidic linkage, functional group, number of carbon, etc.
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