Question
  1. Write the structural difference between starch and cellulose.
  2. What type of linkage is present in Nucleic acids?
  3. Give one example each for fibrous protein and globular protein.

Answer

  1. 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.
  1. Phosphodiester linkage.
  2. Fibrous protein–Keratin/myosin/collagen.
Globular protein-haemoglobin/insulin.

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