BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

Detailed explanation-1: -Glucose is a simple sugar that contains 6 carbons, 12 hydrogens and 6 oxygens. Glucose is shaped like a hexagon.

Detailed explanation-2: -Linear versus ring form of the carbohydrates Monosaccharides can exist as a linear chain or as ring-shaped molecules; in aqueous solutions, they are usually found in ring forms (Figure 3).

Detailed explanation-3: -Glucose is a little hexagon made up of six carbon atoms and fructose is a pentagon of carbon atoms, and both have oxygen and hydrogens hanging off the hexagon and pentagon. They link with each other via an oxygen and make the sucrose molecule. A crystal is a repeating pattern of sucrose molecules.

Detailed explanation-4: -How will you recognize a picture of a monosaccharide? It has a pentagon or hexagon shape and the elements C, H, and O in some multiple of CH₂O.

Detailed explanation-5: -Carbohydrates are “hydrates of carbon” and have the generic structure of C(n)H(2n)O(n). A single sugar unit is a monosaccharide. These can consist of 3-carbon moieties (triose), 4-carbon units (tetrose), 5-carbon moieties (pentose), and 6-carbon moieties (hexose).