B1.1 Carbohydrates and lipids Questionbank

It reacts with a base to dissolve the polymer

It supplies -H and -OH groups to opposite ends of the broken bond

It converts the polymer into ATP

It draws out carbon atoms from the chain

Alternating β-glucose monomers that allow cross-linking by hydrogen bonds

Coiled α-glucose chains stabilized by phosphodiester bonds

High solubility that enables flexibility

Branched glucose chains that increase molecular weight

It can form ionic bonds with metal atoms

It can form up to four covalent bonds with other atoms

It can only bond with hydrogen and oxygen

It only forms single bonds with other carbon atoms

It is large and insoluble

It contains nitrogen

It is soluble in water

It is a structural polysaccharide

I and II only

II and III only

I and III only

I, II and III

It resists enzymatic breakdown due to dense packing

It dissolves easily in water, increasing blood sugar

It has many terminal glucose units that allow rapid mobilization

Its structure prevents fluctuations in pH

Amino acids joined into polypeptides by condensation

Glucose monomers broken into disaccharides by hydrolysis

Nucleotides split into bases and sugars during condensation

Fatty acids removed from triglycerides by condensation

I and II only

II and III only

I and III only

I, II and III

I and II only

II and III only

I and III only

I, II and III

I and II only

II and III only

I and III only

I, II and III