Chitin Flashcards
1
Q
What is Chitin
A
Structural polysacchirides
2
Q
Where is it found
A
Exoskeletons of anthropods, cell wall of fungi
3
Q
What isomer of glucose is in chitin
A
Beta Glucose that are in many long paralel chains that are cross - linked to each other by forming bonds between microfibrils, they are rotated by 180