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Polysaccharides are very large and therefore would require a lot of energy in order to transport across a cell wall. So cells will secrete exoenzymes to break the polysaccharides into smaller, monomeric portions and then absorb the monomeric portions in order to save energy.
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Why is it necessary for polysaccharides to be digested outside of the cell?
Polysaccharides are very large and therefore would require a lot of energy in order to transport across a cell wall. So cells will secrete exoenzymes to break the polysaccharides into smaller, monomeric portions and then absorb the monomeric portions in order to save energy.
What is the function of a polysaccharide?
Polysaccharides are made of many glucose molecules. During digestion these molecules get separated and digested. They are the source of energy and in body they are stored as a polymer of glucose called glycogen.
How do polysaccharides cross the cell membrane?
Polysaccharides are generally too large to passively diffuse through the cell membrane. Instead, they are broken down into smaller sugar molecules by enzymes outside the cell, which can then be transported across the membrane by specific transport proteins. Alternatively, some cells have mechanisms to engulf and internalize polysaccharides through endocytosis.
Is it true or false that cellulose cannot be digested by humans?
True. Cellulose, a type of fiber found in plant cell walls, cannot be digested by humans because we lack the necessary enzymes to break it down.
How is mitochondria digested in a cell?
Lysosomes digest unwanted organells.Mitochondria also digested by them.
Where are animal cell food particles digested at?
They are digested in the organelle called lyosome.
Where are sugars digested?
In the cytosol of the cell.
What is a polysaccharides that forms part of the cell wall of plants?
cellulose
What is produced when sugar is digested when sugar is digested in a animal cell?
Carbon Dioxide will be produced.
What biological molecules can make up the bacterial capsule?
The cell capsule is a very large structure of some bacterial cells. It is a layer that lies outside the cell envelope of bacteria.
What are two polysaccharides in the structure of a plant cell?
2 polysaccharides found in plants are starch and cellulose. :)
Where would old cell organelles be digested to be recycled in the cell?
lysosomes
