Question

What helps make different types of carbohydrates?

Answer 1

Answer:

glycosidic bonds between monosaccharides that combine to form polysaccharides

Explanation:

The building blocks of carbohydrates are individual monosaccharides (i.e., sugar molecules), such as glucose, fructose, glucuronic acid, galactosamine, glucosamine, etc.  These individual monomers of carbohydrates bond to form polysaccharides such as cellulose and starches. Monosaccharides form glycosidic bonds with an alcoholic OH group of a second monosaccharide to form a disaccharide (for example, lactose), and then these larger molecules bond together to form either linear or branched polysaccharides. Starch, for example, is a polysaccharide composed of monomers of glucose molecules.