Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life
Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life
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ISBN: 9780190209896
Author: Trudy McKee, James R. McKee
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The two functional groups of the polymer chains of glycosaminoglycans that make the binding of water to the polymer possible and the type of bonding involved in it.

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The linear polymers that consist of repeating units of disaccharides are called glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). In glycosaminoglycans structure, many of the residues of sugar are amino derivatives. These are long, unbranched, and negatively charged heteropolysaccharides. Each disaccharide unit in GAGs consists of uronic acid or d-galactose units and an acetamido sugar.

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