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Chapter 16, Problem 36RE
REFLECT AND APPLY An amylose chain is 5000 glucose units long. At how many places must it be cleaved to reduce the average length to 2500 units? To 1000 units? To 200 units? What percentage of the glycosidic links are hydrolyzed in each case? (Even partial hydrolysis can drastically alter the physical properties of polysaccharides and thus affect their structural role in organisms.)
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Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY Two sugars are epimers of each...Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY How does the cyclization of...Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY Convert the following Haworth...Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY Convert each of the following...Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY Starting with a Fischer...Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY Starting with the open-chain...Ch. 16 - RECALL What is unusual about the structure of...Ch. 16 - RECALL What is the chemical difference between a...Ch. 16 - RECALL Define the term reducing sugar.Ch. 16 - BIOCHEMICAL CONNECTIONS What are the structural...Ch. 16 - RECALL Name two differences between sucrose and...Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY Draw a Haworth projection for...Ch. 16 - BIOCHEMICAL CONNECTIONS What is the metabolic...Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY Draw Haworth projection formulas...Ch. 16 - BIOCHEMICAL CONNECTIONS A friend asks you why some...Ch. 16 - RECALL What are some of the main differences...Ch. 16 - RECALL How does chitin differ from cellulose in...Ch. 16 - RECALL How does glycogen differ from starch in...Ch. 16 - RECALL What is the main structural difference...Ch. 16 - RECALL What is the main structural difference...Ch. 16 - RECALL How do the cell walls of bacteria differ...Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY Pectin, which occurs in plant...Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY Advertisements for a food...Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY Explain how the minor structural...Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY All naturally occurring...Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY An amylose chain is 5000 glucose...Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY Suppose that a polymer of...Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY Glycogen is highly branched....Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY No animal can digest cellulose....Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY How does the presence of -bonds...Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY How do the sites of cleavage of...Ch. 16 - BIOCHEMICAL CONNECTIONS What is the benefit of...Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY How would you expect the active...Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY Would you expect cross-linking...Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY Compare the information in the...Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY Why is it advantageous that...Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY Why is the polysaccharide chitin...Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY Could bacterial cell walls...Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY Some athletes eat diets high in...Ch. 16 - Prob. 50RECh. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY Blood samples for research or...Ch. 16 - REFLECT AND APPLY Based on what you know about...Ch. 16 - RECALL What are glycoproteins? What are some of...Ch. 16 - BIOCHEMICAL CONNECTIONS Briefly indicate the role...
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