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Is glucose an example of a monosaccharide that is used to build polysaccharides?
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Yes and a very important biological one it is. The glucose sugar monomers may be chemically bonded to form chains in two ways. One way forms cellulose - in plants - and the other way forms glycogen in animals. Two monosaccharides form a disaccharide, three form a trisaccharide.
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How many atoms of hydrogen are needed to build four molecules of glucose?
6
Is a chemical process that uses light energy from the sun to build organic molecules?
Photosynthesis uses light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide to organic compounds such as sugar (glucose).
What type of reactions use energy to build complex molecules?
An anabolic pathway is a pathway that utilizes energy to build complex molecules. Example of an anabolic pathway is the synthesis of sugar from Carbon dioxide.
Why is vapor pressure of solution of glucose in water lower than that of water?
vapour pressure of a solution containing non volatile solute if a non volatile solute is added to volatile solvent the vapour pressure of the solution is lower than the vapour pressure of pure component glucose is non volatile and water is volatile The surface of a pure solvent is populated only by solvent molecules therefore its easier for them to escape . but when glucose is present only solvent molecules volatile They alone can escape to build up the vapor pressure of the solution by Vijay Iyer
What type of reaction and resulting bond links monosaccharides together to form a polysaccharide?
Monosaccharides are combined to make disaccharides and polysaccharides through dehydration synthesis, which is an anabolic reaction that requires energy to build the bonds, and water is removed from the bonds and released into the environment.
What monomer is used to build complex carbohydrates like starch or glycogen?
Glucose - C6H12O6 is the monosaccharide (single sugar) comprising starch (in plants) and glycogen (in animals).
Monosaccharides are what sugar?
Monosaccharides are the simplest types of sugar, they build disaccharides and polysaccharides. Glucose, fructose and galactose are examples of monosaccharides.Monosaccharides are two types of sugar. The two sugars are table sugar and sucrose.
Is the basic subunit of carbohydrates monosaccharide?
Yes it is true. They build up the carbohydrates
How are cellulose and chitin similar?
cellulose and chitin are considered structual polysaccharides because they form tough structual cell walls in plants for example. They are the polysaccharides that are used to build a structual frame.
How do cells use polysaccharides?
polysaccharides are used in living things for structure and storage. In plants, cellulose give structure to the cell walls, as does chitin in fungi and peptidoglycan in bacteria. All these carbohydrates are polysaccharides. In animals, glycogen ( branched glucose chains) is used as storage of energy and in plants starch performs the same job. Polysaccharides are important to living things because a polysaccharide is just another way to store and hold glucose, which is the only thing that can provide energy to living organisms. It is just another very important alternative to store energy in living things.
Does glucose build muscles?
no, because glucose is a form of sugar, and sugar is energy, and energy is pretty much fat.
What Molecules give energy to build organic compounds?
glucose
Which if the four types of macromolecules contains units called monosaccharides?
They are the carbohydrates. Also called as polysaccharides
Do glucose make up carbohydrates?
Glucose is a carbohydrate it's a form of sugar molecule, while starch is a chain of glucose
What is lactose composed of?
At the atomic level, Sucrose (table sugar) has the chemical formula C12H22O11, meaning 12 Carbon atoms, 22 Hydrogen atoms and 11 Oxygen atoms. Since Sucrose contains Carbon, Sucrose is an organic molecule. As a molecular compound itself, it contains one glucose molecule and one fructose molecule, therefore it is a disaccharide, meaning it is a compound molecule made of two smaller molecules, or a di-saccharide. Lactose, or milk sugar, has the chemical formula C12H22O11, meaning it is made of exactly the same atoms, and in exactly the same count as Sucrose. And, like Sucrose, Lactose is also a disaccharide, being made of one glucose molecule and one galactose molecule (the latter is really just a modified glucose molecule). So, what is the difference between the two sugars? Well, it all has to do with how those atoms are put together. For example… Lets say you want to build a building and all you have is bricks, wood and cement (representing Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen in our sugar molecules). Well, depending on how you put those three things together you could build a house out of bricks, wood and cement, or a store, or a Cassel. You could also build a fence or a patio out of those same three things, bricks, wood and cement. It all has to do with how those things are put together.
How many atoms of hydrogen are needed to build four molecules of glucose?
6
Why is blood glucose sometimes called blood sugar?
Glucose is the kind of sugar that circulates in the blood. For example, lactose (sugar found in milk), is a disaccharide (ie two linked sugar molecules) made up of one glucose molecule and one galactose molecule. Galactose is almost like glucose, but it will be changed into glucose in the liver and then released into the blood. All carbohydrates, including starches and grains, eventually get broken down and converted into glucose molecules, which are then released into the blood.
