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The sugar-phosphate backbones are the double helix staircase railings.
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What makes up the upright part of the DNA ladder?
Deoxyribose
Are the monomers in sugar polymers starch molecules?
No, the monomers in sugar polymers and starches are both simple sugar molecules.There are several classes of carbohydrates, all composed of simple sugar monomers:simple sugar molecules, the monomers themselves.sugar dimers, two monomers.complex sugars, short sugar polymers larger than dimers.starches, long sugar polymers with all monomers in same orientation. easily digested by animals.celluloses, long sugar polymers with monomers alternating in orientation. indigestible by animals. only bacteria & fungi can digest these.
Is a starch a element?
No starches are long chains of sugar molecules, Sugar molecules are compounds of Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen which are elements.
What term is Carbohydrate with 10 or more sugar molecules?
Polysaccharide Terms for long chains of sugar molecules include: Polysaccharide, Amylose and Starch.
What is a long chain of sugar molecules called?
It is called macromolecule, such as proteins, DNA and cellulose.
What provide long-term energy storage?
Starch provides long-term energy storage for plants. The energy for plants is stored in the sugar molecules. Starch can contain 500 to a few hundred thousand sugar molecules.
What happens to the starch in fruit as fruit ripens?
A starch is actually a long chain of sugar molecules. As the fruit ripens, the starches break apart into the sugar molecules. This is why they become sweeter as they ripen.
Are cats backbones as long as the average human?
No.
What two things make up the backbone of a DNA molecule?
DNA consists of two long polymers of simple units called nucleotides, with backbones made of sugars and phosphate groups joined by ester bonds. These two strands run in opposite directions to each other and are therefore anti-parallel. Attached to each sugar is one of four types of molecules called nucleobases (informally, bases). It is the sequence of these four nucleobases along the backbone that encodes information. This information is read using the genetic code, which specifies the sequence of the amino acids within proteins. The code is read by copying stretches of DNA into the related nucleic acid RNA in a process called transcription.
When sugar molecules combine what do they form?
A combination of many disaccharides will yield a polysaccharaide, such as starch or cellulose
Does sugar have more hydrogen than fat?
No, fat molecules have more hydrogen atoms compared to sugar molecules. Fat molecules are made up of long chains of carbon atoms bonded to hydrogen atoms, while sugar molecules are typically smaller and contain fewer hydrogen atoms.
What are polysaccarhides?
The simplest carbohydrate molecule is a sugar. For example, glucose. A single glucose (or any other simple sugar) is called a monosaccharide. A string of two joined sugar molecules (say 2 joined glucoses) forms a disaccharide. Many thousands of sugar molecules joined into a very long string is what a polysaccharide is. Starch is a plant-stored polysaccharide and glycogen is an animal-stored polysaccharide. These are examples of very long strings of alpha glucose molecules. A long string of beta glucoses forms the polysaccharide called cellulose.
