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Polysaccharides (sometimes called glycans) are relatively complex carbohydrates.
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polysaccharides (e.g., starch) to sugars
proteins to amino acids
fats to fatty acids and glycerol
nucleic acids to nucleotides ...
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Polysaccharides
Monosaccharides may be bonded together to form long chains called polysaccharides.
Starch and Glycogen ...
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Polysaccharides are large molecules composed of individual monosaccharide units. A common plant polysaccharide is starch, which is made up of many glucoses (in a polypeptide these are referred to as glucans).
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polysaccharides: complex carbohydrates formed by linking multiple monosaccharides.
pons: the portion of the hindbrain below the medulla and the midbrain that acts as a bridge between various portions of the brain.
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Though polysaccharides are also biopolymers, it is not so common to talk of 'sequencing' a polysaccharide, for several reasons. Although many polysaccharides are linear, many have branches.
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When do they form polysaccharides?
Quorum sensing may be involved in helping them turn on the synthesis of polysaccharides in proteins that glue the biofilm together. Then the bacteria grow just like they do in conventional cultures.
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oligosaccharides. Polysaccharides are molecules with thousands of monosaccharideunits.
nucleosides - compound composed of a purine or pydimidine base linked to either a ribose or deoxyribose sugar. DNA and RNA are not polymers of nucleosides.
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peptidoglycan A major component of bacterial cell walls consisting of parallel heteropolysaccharides cross-linked by short peptides.
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catalytic (synthesizing other structural macromolecules, lipids, polysaccharides, etc.; producing energy for these syntheses and for maintenance of the cell) ...
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The substance in which animal tissue cells are embedded; consists of protein and polysaccharides.
extraembryonic membranes
Four membranes (yolk sac, amnion, chorion, allantois) that support the developing embryo in reptiles, birds, and mammals.
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mucilaginous Containing a mucilage, usually composed of mucopolysaccharides.
mucin Any of a group of glycoproteins secreted by certain cells, especially those of salivary glands.
mucous cell A glandular cell that secretes mucus.
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The cortical reaction is the release of their contents (proteases, mucopolysaccharides, and peroxidases) by fusion with the plasma membrane; the changes caused by the cortical reaction help to prevent polyspermy.
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