Questions and Answers
What are starch and cellulose?
Naturally occurring polymers
What monomers are starch and cellulose made out of?
Glucose monomers
What do starch and cellulose both have?
Same structure
What is the difference between starch and cellulose?
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What is the monomer of protein?
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What is the monomer of DNA?
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Study Notes
Starch and Cellulose Overview
- Starch and cellulose are naturally occurring polymers composed of glucose monomers.
- Both starch and cellulose consist of the same basic structure that differentiates them based on the orientation of glucose molecules.
Monomers
- The monomer unit for both starch and cellulose is glucose.
- Amino acids serve as the monomer for proteins.
- Nucleotides are the building blocks of DNA.
Structural Differences
- The structural arrangement of glucose in cellulose differs from that in starch due to the orientation being flipped by 180 degrees.
Visual Representation
- Diagrams illustrate the difference in orientation, highlighting the structural discrepancy between starch and cellulose.
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