Suppose that a polymer of glucose with alternating a(1 4) and (1 4) glycosidic linkages

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Suppose that a polymer of glucose with alternating a(1 → 4) and β(1 → 4) glycosidic linkages has just been discovered. Draw a Haworth projection for a repeating tetramer (two repeating dimers) of such a polysaccharide. Would you expect this polymer to have primarily a structural role or an energy-storage role in organisms? What sort of organisms, if any, could use this polysaccharide as a food source?
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Biochemistry

ISBN: 978-1285429106

8th edition

Authors: Mary K. Campbell, Shawn O. Farrell

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