Carbohydrates II

Monosaccharides molecular structure molecular structure. . . . . Disaccharides . . shows a α-glycosidic bond shows a β-glycosidic bond, like . Polysaccharides Starch Amylose We add a , , and residues. to observe helical structure and addition of more glucose residues to reach a molecule Look from a . Amylopectin.- A fragment of amylopectin including . Zoom in to show a . By adding to 25 glucose residues we get a . to show that branch points are spaced by 24-30 glucose residues. .- Structure like amylopectin but with branch points spaced by 8-12 glucose residues. Cellulose.- See cellulose. .- A polymer of . A chitin fragment. .- Heteropolysaccharide with alternating residues of and Files for 3D printer Alpha-amylase with flexible amylopectin by Marius Mihasan

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• Molecular models in this page were created or modified from PDB files by Alejandro Porto using the tool JSME Molecular Editor [1]