BackWhich of the following categories includes all others in the list?
a. Disaccharide
b. Polysaccharide
c. Starch
d. Carbohydrate
What are three ways monosaccharides differ from one another?
The enzyme amylase can break glycosidic linkages between glucose monomers only if the monomers are in the α form. Which of the following could amylase break down?
a. glycogen, starch, and amylopectin
b. glycogen and cellulose
c. cellulose and chitin
d. starch, chitin, and cellulose
A glucose molecule is to starch as (Explain your answer.)
a. A steroid is to a lipid
b. A protein is to an amino acid
c. A nucleic acid is to a polypeptide
d. A nucleotide is to a nucleic acid
What holds cellulose molecules together in bundles large enough to form fibers?
a. The cell wall
b. Peptide bonds
c. Hydrogen bonds
d. Hydrophobic interactions
Cows can derive nutrients from cellulose because
a. They produce enzymes that recognize the shape of the glucose-glucose bonds and hydrolyze them.
b. They re-chew their cud to break down cellulose fibers.
c. Their digestive tract contains microorganisms that can hydrolyze the bonds of cellulose.
d. They convert cellulose to starch and can digest starch.