Glycogen is treated with dimethyl sulfate, which adds a methyl group to every free OH group. Next,

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Glycogen is treated with dimethyl sulfate, which adds a methyl group to every free OH group. Next, the molecule is hydrolyzed to break all the glycosidic bonds between glucose residues. The reaction products are then chemically analyzed.
(a) How many different types of methylated glucose molecules are obtained?
(b) Draw the structure of the one that is most abundant.
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Fundamentals of biochemistry Life at the Molecular Level

ISBN: 978-0470547847

4th edition

Authors: Donald Voet, Judith G. Voet, Charlotte W. Pratt

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