Used for
muramate, neuraminate
Broader Terms
carbohydrate
Narrower Terms
gluconate, sialate, uronate
Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- This 3-C sugar acid is not very useable by the plant so through a series of reactions it is converted into sugars called triose phosphates.
- The sugar acid is refluxed until it is essentially all converted to the lactone.
- An unbranched polysaccharide consisting of alternating residues of an amino sugar and a sugar acid is a/an ________.
- How is the polysaccharide linked to the protein of a proteoglycan? What is the composition of this trisaccharide? And what sugar acid is attached to the trisaccharide? B.
- The sugar acid is non-toxic to humans, biodegradable, and environmentally safe.