Cycles in Biology

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sugars because they all aldehydes. Different monosaccharides contain different number of carbon atoms. There are three types of monosaccharides, trioses, pentose and hexose. They generally contain three (trioses), five (pentoses) or six (hexoses) carbon atoms. Triose is used as a product in biochemical pathways of respiration and photosynthesis. An example of pentoses is ribsomes and deoxyribsome. These sugars are found in the nucleic acid of DNA and RNA. Examples of hexoses are glucose and fructose. It is an important source of energy in respiration found in many sweet tasting fruits. There are four different types of hexose sugars. The slight differences in the way their atoms are arranged give them slightly different properties. These are shown below: α-glucose: β-glucose: Galatose: Fructose: [IMAGE] [IMAGE] The main function of monosaccharide is that they are able to move through bodies, gut walls and therefore important as a source of energy. All other carbohydrates have to be converted to monosaccharides before energy can be released and its is due to it’s small size they are very soluble and it is the form of monosaccharides that all carbohydrates are carried in the blood. Disaccharides are double sugar molecules. Two monomers like α-glucose molecules can be joined together to form a disaccharides (maltose). The bond forms between carbon 1 of one α-glucose molecule and carbon 4 of the other and is called a glycoside bond. The structure below shows the formation on the disaccharide maltose: [IMAGE] There are three main types of disaccharides, these include Maltose (formed from glucose and glucose), Sucrose (glucose and fructose) and Lactose (glucose and galatose). Not all disaccharides are reducing sugars. Maltose is s reducing sugar because only one of the aldehyde groups is

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