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Starch, glycogen, and cellulose are polysaccharides whose properties and functions are compared in the course.
In blood transfusions, antibodies from a person with blood group A recognize blood cells from a person with blood group B as foreign.
Storage polysaccharides versus structural cellulose
1. Why can carbon form many different types of organic compounds?
2. A chemist wants to create several organic compounds with different properties using carbon as a key element. Which strategy best reflects carbon's role in organic chemistry?
3. What is a monosaccharide?
What determines the variety of organic compounds formed by a carbon atom?
The elements it combines with.
What can a carbon atom form depending on its bonding elements?
Many different types of organic compounds.
What is a monosaccharide in carbohydrate classification?
A carbohydrate form studied with disaccharides and polysaccharides.
What roles can polysaccharides serve in organisms?
Energy storage or structural functions.
What do condensation reactions produce by joining smaller molecules?
Macromolecules.
What process digests polymers into monomers by breaking bonds?
Hydrolysis.
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