BIOL1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Stereochemistry, Starch, Glycogen

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9 Aug 2016
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As additional monomers join via multiple dehydration synthesis reactions, the chain of repeating monomers begins to form a polymer. Different types of monomers can combine in many configurations, giving rise to a diverse group of macromolecules. Three of the four major classes of biological macromolecules, are composed of monomers that join together via dehydration synthesis reactions. Complex carbohydrates are formed from monosaccharides, nucleic acids are formed from mononucleotides, and proteins are formed from amino acids. There is great diversity in the manner by which monomers can combine to form polymers. Glucose monomers are the constituents of starch, glycogen, and cellulose. These three are polysaccharides, classified as carbohydrates, that have formed as a result of multiple dehydration synthesis reactions between glucose monomers. The manner by which glucose monomers join together, specifically locations of the covalent bonds between connected monomers and the orientation of the covalent bonds, results in these three different polysaccharides with varying properties and functions.

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