NEETZoologyChemical Coordination and Integration
Which of the following correctly represents a structural polysaccharide, its monomeric unit, and the primary bond linking its monomers?
Options
- ACellulose - Fructose - Glycosidic bond
- BGlycogen - Glucose - Glycosidic bond
- CChitin - N-acetyl glucosamine - Peptide bond
- DChitin - N-acetyl glucosamine - Glycosidic bond
Correct answer
D. Chitin - N-acetyl glucosamine - Glycosidic bond
Step-by-step solution
Chitin is a structural polysaccharide found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and cell walls of fungi. It is a homopolymer of N-acetyl glucosamine (NAG) monomers linked by glycosidic bonds. Cellulose is a structural polysaccharide, but its monomer is glucose, not fructose. Glycogen is a homopolymer of glucose with glycosidic bonds, but it functions as a storage polysaccharide in animals, not a structural one. Although chitin contains nitrogen in its modified sugar monomers, the monomers themselves are linked by gly