NUTRITION
CARBOHYDRATES
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Question
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Which carbohydrate makes up the cell wall of plants?
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Glucose
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Chitin
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Cellulose
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Glycogen
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In the cell walls of higher plants, the tensile fibers are made from the polysaccharide cellulose, the most abundant organic macromolecule on Earth, tightly linked into a network by cross-linking glycans.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cellulose is the most significant structural component of plant cell wall. Cellulose, polysaccharide containing repeated unbranched (1-4) D-glucose units, is synthesized at the plasma membrane by the cellulose synthase complex (CSC) from bacteria to plants.
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