Polysaccharides+lauren

When all the monosaccharides in a polysaccharide are the same type, the polysaccharide is called a //homopolysaccharide// or //homoglycan//, but when more than one type of monosaccharide is present they are called //heteropolysaccharides// or //heteroglycans//. Polysaccharides are common sources of energy. Many organisms can easily break down starches into glucose, however, most organisms cannot metabolize cellulose or other polysaccharides like chitin and arabinoxylans. These carbohydrates types can be metabolized by some bacteria and protists. Ruminants and termites, for example, use microorganisms to process cellulose. polysaccharides are used in living things for structure and storage. In plants, cellulose give structure to the cell walls, as does chitin in fungi and peptidoglycan in bacteria. All these carbohydrates are polysaccharides. Polysaccharides are important to living things because a polysaccharide is just another way to store and hold glucose, which is the only thing that can provide energy to living organisms. It is just another very important alternative to store energy in living things.
 * Polysaccharides** are long carboyhydrate molecules,they range in structure from linear to highly branched.


 * Polysaccharides ** - polymers consisting of chains of monosaccharide or disaccharide units.

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