Biochemistry I

Structures of Modified Sugars & Oligosaccharides

Modified Sugars Bkg color: white black blue Mol color: "high contrast" CPK

Oligosaccharides Bkg color: white black blue Mol color: "high contrast" CPK

View these structures above: a-D-Glucose Hilite C1. "NAG": N-Acetyl-b-D-glucosamine "NAM": N-Acetyl-Muramic acid Uridine diphosphate glucose (UDPG) (See Campbell Ch. 15, p.492)

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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