These subunits, or building blocks for polymers, are called monomers. Natural polymers make up most of the cellular structures that compose living beings, but they are not just found in living organisms. Many p
Are molecules composed of smaller subunits linked together called monomers or polymers? Explain. Explain how complex biological molecules are produced from simple monomers by condensation or broken down into simple monomers by hydrolysis. What chemical process takes place to produce a dipeptide? A molecu...
What type of biological macromolecule is glucose? What is another name for glucose catabolism? What are the subunits called that make up carbohydrates? What glucose polymer cannot be digested by humans? What is the structure of glucose?
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Whatarepolymers（macromolecules）?——substancescontainingalargenumberofstructuralunits(“mers”)joinedbythesametypeoflinkage.→chain-likestructureOr:verylargemoleculesmadeupofsmallerunits,calledmonomersorrepeatingunits,covalentlybondedtogetherAtypicalpolymermayincludetensofthousandsofmonomers.Thisspecificmolecularstructure(...
of the fluid are the electric charges of the polymer subunits and whether or not these subunits like to interact with water — that is, whether they are hydrophilic or hydrophobic. The synthetic polymers were designed to match those properties, but not other characteristics of the natural ...
A polymer is a natural or synthetic substance made up of large molecules known as macromolecules which are a combination of many subunits called monomers. Naturally, polymers are found all around us; from DNA strands to minerals such as diamonds and quartz and man-made materials like concrete, ...
xyloglucanase was applied the main subunits released were XXFG and XLFG; whereas the less-specific Trichoderma reesei EGII was also able to release the XXXG motif as well as other oligomers likely of mannan and xylan origin. This latter enzyme would thus be useful to screen for xyloglucan, ...
The breakdown occurs in a series of steps which are driven by shape-specific Enzymes. In plants and animals, only α glucose can be broken down in respiration as only the enzymes which fit its shape are present. α Glucose can form long chains with thousands of subunits called and Amylose ...
measure certain types of these defects, called “loops,” which are caused when a chain in the polymer network binds to itself instead of another chain. Now, the same team has found a simple way to reduce the number of loops in a polymer network and thus strengthen materials made from ...