Inulin, a storage polysaccharide found in some plants, is composed of fructose monomers linked primarily by which type of bond?
α-1,4-glycosidic bonds
β-2,1-glycosidic bonds
α-1,6-glycosidic bonds
β-1,4-glycosidic bonds
Related Questions
Which bond is responsible for the primary structure of a protein?
Hydrogen bond
Disulfide bond
Peptide bond
Ionic bond
Glycosidic bond is seen in
oligosaccharides
polysaccharides
monosaccharides
1 and 2
What type of bond links the monomers of glycogen?
β-1,4-glycosidic linkages
α-1,4 and α-1,6-glycosidic linkages
Peptide bonds
Phosphodiester bonds
Hydrolysis of a glycosidic bond in a disaccharide is an example of
Decomposition reaction
Synthesis reaction
Exchange reaction
Reversible reaction
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the peptide bond linking amino acids in proteins?
Partial double bond character
Planar structure
Free rotation around the C-N bond
Trans configuration
Which bond is NOT involved in linking monomers in biological macromolecules?
Glycosidic bond
Peptide bond
Phosphodiester bond
Disulfide bond
Which factor significantly contributes to the stability of the DNA double helix, in addition to hydrogen bonding between bases?
Repulsive forces between phosphate groups
Base stacking interactions
Free rotation around the phosphodiester bond
Electrostatic attraction between sugars
