Asymmetry in the atmosphere of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-76 b
Carbohydrate metabolism
1. T R I D I P B O R U A H
A S S I S T A N T P R O F E S S O R
D E P A R T M E N T O F B O T A N Y
M . C C O L L E G E , B A R P E T A
Carbohydrate Metabolism
2. Carbohydrates are polyhydroxy aldehydes or
ketones and their condensation products.
Dependending on the presence of numbers of
saccharides unit, they can be classified.
Mainly they are classified into
a) Monosaccharides
b) Oligosaccharides
c) Polysaccharides
Carbohydrates
11. Biological importance of monosaccharides
Role in photosynthesis
As fuel of the physiological processes
Component of nucleic acids
Building blocks of complex biopolymers
Act as intermediate between different complex
metabolic pathways
15. Polysaccharides
These are complex long chain carbohydrates which are
formed by polymerisation of more than ten but
generally very large number of units of
monosaccharides.
1) On the basis of structure
i) Homopolysaccharides: Starch, Cellulose
ii) Heteropolysaccharides: Pectin,
Hemicellulose
16. 2) On the basis of function
i) Storage Polysaccharides: Functions as reserve
food material, required for respiration and
biosynthesis
Starch, Glycogen, Insulin
ii) Structural polysaccharides: Fibrous in nature,
required in the formation of cell wall, exoskeletons
Cellulose, Chitin
iii) Mucopolysaccharides: High molecular weight
compounds, gelatenous in nature, required for
lubrication
Agar agar, Pectin, Heparin
