Question
- Write the structural difference between starch and cellulose.
- What type of linkage is present in Nucleic acids?
- Give one example each for fibrous protein and globular protein.
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Answer
- Starch - Polymer of$\alpha - \text{D} - $ glucose units/Polymer of $\alpha -\text{ glucose}$ units.
Cellulose–polymer of $\beta - \text{D} - $glucose units/polymer of $\beta-\text{glucose}$ units.
- Phosphodiester linkage.
- Fibrous protein–Keratin/myosin/collagen.
Globular protein-haemoglobin/insulin.
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