Biochemistry I

Structures of Modified Sugars & Oligosaccharides

Modified Sugars
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Oligosaccharides
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View these structures above:
a-D-GlucoseHilite C1.
"NAG": N-Acetyl-b-D-glucosamine
"NAM": N-Acetyl-Muramic acid
Uridine diphosphate glucose (UDPG)
(See Campbell Ch. 14, p.488)
View these structures above:
Maltose   a(1->4) Hilite C1.
(Glucose)9: a segment of an amylose chain, a(1->4)
Amylopectin bonding: a(1->4) & a(1->6) at the branchpoint
cyclic-(Glucose)7
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