Monosaccharide

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Biology

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Family of carbohydrate with general formula: $(C H_{2} O)_{n}$
Monomer of polysaccharide
A.k.a. simple sugar

Broken down by cellular respiration to produce ATP

Two types of forms: cyclic (ring) & linear (chain)

Types

Classified by n. of $C$ atoms and position of the $C = O$ bond

Pentose

5-carbon ( $C_{5} H_{10} O_{5}$ )

[!example]+
Ribose
Ribulose

Hexose

6-carbon ( $C_{6} H_{12} O_{6}$ )

[!example]+
Glucose
Galactose
Fructose

Glucose

Two ring forms:

$α$ : $O H$ points down, $H$ points up
$β$ : $O H$ points up, $H$ points down

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