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Humans have enzymes called -amylase in saliva and pancreatic juices that hydrolyze the -1,4-glycosidic bonds of starches, but not the -1,4-glycosidic bonds of cellulose. Thus, humans cannot digest cellulose. Animals such as horses, cows, and goats can obtain glucose from cellulose because their digestive systems contain bacteria that provide enzymes such as cellulase to hydrolyze -1,4-glycosidic bonds
What else can I help you with?
Do animals produce enzymes that hydrolyze cellulose?
No. Animals do not produce enzymes that hydrolyze cellulose. (From Master Bio - Chapter 41).
What you expect to get if you hydrolyze a glycogen molecule?
glucose molecules because glycogen is stored glucose formed from glucose linkages
Which of these carbohydrates is impossible for humans to digest cellulose amylose glycogen galactose?
cellulose
What are three important polysaccharides?
Polysaccharides are long chains of monosaccharides linked by glycosidic bonds. Three important polysaccharides, starch, glycogen, and cellulose, are composed ofglucose. Starch and glycogen serve as short-term energy stores in plants and animals, respectively. They range in structure from linear to highly branched.
What is associated with carbohydrates?
monosacchsride, glycogen and cellulose
Which of the carbohraydrates is a polysaccharide?
Starch, glycogen, cellulose
What carbohydrates a polysaccharide?
starch cellulose glycogen
What kind of biochemical are both cellulose and glycolgen?
Cellulose and glycogen are polysaccharides.
Why are starch and glycogen useful as energy storage molecules while cellulose is useful for structure and support 2 Why cant humans break down cellulose?
Starch and glycogen are useful as energy storage molecules because they are made up of glucose units linked in a way that allows for easy breakdown and release of energy when needed. In contrast, cellulose provides structural support due to its rigid, linear chains of glucose linked by β-1,4-glycosidic bonds, which form strong fibers. Humans cannot break down cellulose because we lack the necessary enzyme, cellulase, to hydrolyze these specific bonds, rendering cellulose indigestible.
What are three polysaccharides?
Examples: starch, cellulose, glycogen.
Example of polysaccharides?
Glycogen, starch, Cellulose and chitin
How are glycogen starch and cellulose related?
They are all polysaccharides.
