Question

Twenty glucose molecules are put in a solution with five enzymes capable of performing dehydration reactions on those glucose molecules. What is the result of mixing glucose with the enzymes?

Answer 1

Answer;

-Glucose molecules joined by dehydration synthesis reactions

Explanation;

-Joining glucose molecules is a dehydration synthesis of glucose, a monosaccharide, to form a disaccharide, sucrose. Monosaccharides are classified as simple sugars. They are used as the building blocks for complex sugars. Disaccharides are sugars made from two monosaccharides.

-Monomers such as glucose, join via multiple dehydration synthesis reactions, this chain of repeating monomers begins to form a polymer. Complex carbohydrates, nucleic acids, and proteins are all examples of polymers that are formed by dehydration synthesis.