Briefly describe how monosaccharides like glucose and fructose assume or transform into their corresponding Haworth structure.
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- Draw the structure of a disaccharide unit in a polysaccharide composed of d-glucose linked a(1,4) tod-galactosamine.Briefly and in simple terms, describe the glycoside bond connecting two monosaccharides in a di- or polysaccharide.Provide an explanation for the fact that most fatty acids are16 or 18 carbons long.
- The carbohydrate portion of some glycoproteins may serve as a cellular recognition site. To perform this function, the oligosaccharide moiety must have the potential to exist in a large variety of forms. Which can produce a greater variety of structures: oligopeptides composed of five different aminoacid residues, or oligosaccharides composed of five different monosaccharide residues? Explain.Explain the meaning of the designations d and l used to specify the configuration of monosaccharides.Slightly heating a protein can render it nonfunctional, but a polysaccharide requires a boiling acidic bath. Explain why such vast differences