Chapter 3 - College Biology (Pg.2)

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Disaccharides (category)

When two monosaccharides combines

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Forms (disaccharides):

A specific covalent bond: “glycosidic bonds”

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Examples (disaccharides):

  • Lactose

  • Sucrose


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Polysaccharides

  • “3 or more” monosaccharides linked together

- 10 or more

- linear or branched


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Can weigh:

Upwards of 100,00 amu

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Examples (polysaccharides)

  • Starch

  • Glycogen

  • Cellulose

  • Chitin


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Glycogen

  • Made of monomers of glucose

  • Broken down to release glucose when blood glucose levels drop


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Cellulose

  • Most common natural biopolymer

  • Makes up plant cell walls

- also made of glucose monomers