How does the cyclization of sugars introduce a new chiral center?

Q: What is an amphipathic molecule?

A: Hydrophilicity is the character of the molecules in which molecules love water that is they dissolve…

Q: Two sugars are epimers of each other. Is it possible to convert one to the other without breaking…

A: Epimers are carbohydrates that are the same molecular formula but differ in the configuration of a…

Q: What is N-glycan microheterogeneity?

A: In eukaryotes, N glycosylation is one of the most essential post-translational modifications. Some…

Q: What is the advantage of polysomes?

A: A polyribosome or polysome is a group of ribosomes bound to an m-RNA molecule like "beads" on a…

Q: How many different tetrapeptides can form from four different amino acids?

A: Number of arrangements selecting 'n' items form a distinct items at a time = n!

Q: at is the pyranose/furanose ring structure of this sugar?

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Q: Why are furanoses and pyranoses the most common cyclic forms of sugars?

A: The cyclic form of the sugars is formed through a nucleophilic reaction between the carbonyl group…

Q: What are phenolics?

A: NOTE As per our guidelines , in case of multiple questions we are allowed to solve only  the first…

Q: Why is sucrose a non-reducing sugar with Benedict’s solution while lactose is a reducing sugar under…

A: Benedict's reagent  is a chemical reagent  Sodium carbonate, sodium citrate, and copper sulfate…

Q: What Are Nucleosides?

A: Nucleosides are glycosylamines that can be thought of as nucleotides without a phosphate group. A…

Q: How does a disorder in mitochondria lead to diabetes? What kind of diabetes is it?And Which two…

A: Mitochondrial disorders:These disorders harm the proper functioning of mitochondria (powerhouse of…

Q: Why are gyrase and helicase required?

A: DNA replication is the process by which a double stranded DNA molecule is copied to produce two DNA…

Q: Which four different bases can be bound to deoxyribose?

A: Nucleosides are a combination of a nitrogen base with pentose sugar. The nitrogen base combines with…

Q: What conjugation reactions do bile acids undergo and what is their function?

A: Bile acids are amphipathic steroidal molecules.

Q: How can you predict mutations in components of galactose?

A: Galactosemia is a condition that means  excess galactose in the blool. Babies with this metabolic…

Q: The purine and pyrimidine rings are built from the amino acids aspartate,glutamine, and glycine. Why…

A: A deoxyribonucleotide is a nucleotide that contains deoxyribose. They are the monomeric units of the…

Q: Which nucleotide is shown in the picture above?

A: A nucleotide is made up of a phosphate group, a sugar and a nitrogenous base. ATP provides energy to…

Q: What structural property makes a sugar a reducing sugar?

A: A reducing sugar is simple sugar containing hemiacetal functional group.

Q: How Do Cells Synthesize Pyrimidines?

A: Pyrimidine is a nucleotide base, which is known to synthesize DNA and RNA. The pyrimidine is…

Q: .Identify the source of the atoms in the purine ring.

A: Nucleic acids are the major class of biomolecules that are important for all forms of the organism.…

Q: What is the role of endonuclease enzyme ?

A: Several enzymes are involved in all the biochemical reactions happening in the body. These enzymes…

Q: Does the oxygen in the newly made ester bond come from the phosphate or from the sugar?

A: Step 1 Esters are a functional group which is characterized by a carbon bound to three other atoms:…

Q: How is the other major pyrimidine ribonucleotide, cytidine, formed?

A: The pathways for the biosynthesis of nucleotides fall into two classes: de novo pathways and salvage…

Q: Why exactly are the bases T-G or A-C not complementary?

A: Nucleotides in a base pair are complementary, that means their shape allows them to bind with…

Q: What are pyrimidine dimers ?

A: Nucleic acids are macromolecules comprised of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus.…

Q: How are the deoxyribonucleotides formed?

A: A nucleotide that contains deoxyribose is called a deoxyribonucleotide. They are monomeric units of…

Q: What reaction occurs between catalase and hydroxylamine?

A: Enzyme: It is a biocatalyst that increases the rate of chemical reaction without itself going any…

Q: What is the source of the methyl group in thymidine?

A: Thymidine (also known to define that they are been stated to describe as the  deoxythymidine,…

Q: How does an autotroph differ from a heterotroph?

A: Nutrition is the process by which the organisms obtain and utilize their food. All the living…

Q: What is the relationship between (R)-cysteine and (S)-alanine?

A: Amino acids (except for glycine) have a chiral carbon atom adjacent to the carboxyl group, which…

Q: What are the sources of the carbons and nitrogens in thepurine bases?

A: Biomolecules are organic molecules that function in metabolic pathways. The metabolic pathways are…

Q: How would you describe the conformation of the 6-membered ring of sucrose?

A: It is a disaccharide.

Q: What are DNA glycosylases ?

A: Deoxyribonucleic acid is a molecule consist of two long strands colled around a common,m imaginary,…

Q: Can chain termination occurs at a complementary bases?

A: Yes, chain termination occurs at a complementary bases

Q: Which amino acid derives its nitrogen from a purine ring?

A: Biomolecules are organic molecules made up of mainly carbon and hydrogen, but other elements are…

Q: What are some important esterification reactions of sugars?

A: Carbohydrates are the refereed biomolecules for the generation of energy. Glucose is broken down to…

Q: What is the significance of the pentose monophosphate shunt to synthesis of nucleotides?

A: We’ll answer the first question since the exact one wasn’t specified. Please submit a new question…

Q: What is the importance of pyrophosphatasein the synthesis of nucleic acids?

A: DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) and RNA (ribonucleic acid) are nucleic acids. These biological…

Q: What does polycistronic mean?

A: Given: What does polycistronic mean?

Q: What is an oligopeptide? How is it different from a polypeptide?

A: Peptides can be defined as the short chains present between two and fifty amino acids, joined by…

Q: What are reducing sugars? Why is sucrose non-reducing while lactose also a dissacharide, is…

A: Carbohydrates are biomolecules containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Carbohydrates are classified…

Q: What is the structural relationship between L-glucose and D-glucose?

A: Stereoisomers are the isomers that have the same chemical formula but differ in their orientation.…

Q: do non reducing sugars have reactive anomeric carbon?

A: Introduction: Carbohydrates are polyhydroxy aldehydes or ketones with a molecular formula of CnH2On.…

Q: Why adenine and thymine have double bond and guanine cytosine have triple bond in DNA Structure ?

A: Adenine and thymine make two hydrogen bonds with each other; guanine and cytosine make three…

Q: Why does a cell use deoxyribonuclease?

A: DNase are found in the lysosomes of cells in various tissues.

Q: Which of the following always base pairs with a pyrimidine?

A: DNA is a biomacromolecule that is a polymer of nucleotides. A nucleotide of DNA contains a…