Question

What is not true regarding carbohydrate structure and function?

Answer 1

Answer: carbohydrates is composed of amino acids

Explanation: carbohydrate functions as an energy giving food in the body. Examples are rice, casssava and maize. The molecular structure of carbohydrate is (CH20)n. Carbohydrate has three subtypes:

(1) Monosaccharides: They are simple sugar and consists of a number of carbons(C) which ranges from 3 to 7.

(2) Disaccharides: They are formed when two Monosaccharides undergo a dehydration reaction which is also known as condensation reaction. thanks

(3) Polysaccharides: They consist of a long chain of branched or unbranched

Monosaccharides Monosaccharides linked by covalent bonds.

Carbohydrates is not composed of amino acids but rather protein is composed of amino acids.