2.2.2 The Glycosidic bond

Question 1

How are disaccharides and polysaccharides formed?

Answer 1

by condensation reaction where two hydroxyl (-OH) groups (on different saccharides) interact to form a strong covalent bond called the glycosidic bond (the oxygen link that holds the two molecules together) and water is removed

Question 2

What is the arrangement of amylose?

Answer 2

curved and coiled up into helical structures likes springs so the final molecule is compact

Question 3

How are hydrolysis reactions catalysed?

Answer 3

by enzymes