A molecule is found to contain multiple hydroxyl groups and a ketone functional group. To which class of biomolecules does it most likely belong?
Lipids
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
Carbohydrates
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Find out the wrongly matched pair.
Primary metabolite โ Ribose
Secondary metabolic โ Anthocyanin
Protein โ Insulin
Cellulose โ Heteropolymer
In a polysaccharide, the individual monosaccharides are linked by a
Glycosidic bond
Peptide bond
Ester bond
Phosphodiester bond
The โRepeating unitโ of glycogen is
Fructose
Mannose
Glucose
galactose
Why doesn't cellulose react with iodine to produce a blue color?
It lacks the helical structure necessary for iodine complexation.
It contains fructose units instead of glucose.
It is a branched polymer and cannot interact with iodine.
It is insoluble in water, preventing the reaction with iodine.
The two functional groups characteristic of sugars are
Carbonyl and hydroxyl
Hydroxyl and methyl
Carbonyl and phosphate
Carbonyl and methyl
The backbone of DNA is formed by which type of bond between nucleotides?
Phosphodiester bond
Peptide bond
Glycosidic bond
Hydrogen bond
Which of the following is a disaccharide?
Glucose
Fructose
Sucrose
Galactose
Table sugar consists of
Lactose
Sucrose
Maltose
glucose
Which of the following is non-reducing sugar?
Starch
Sucrose
Maltose
Galactose
A molecule is found to contain multiple hydroxyl groups and a ketone functional group. To which class of biomolecules does it most likely belong?
Lipids
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
Carbohydrates