Cellulose is an important structural component in plants which is made up of
Glucose
Polysaccharides are long chains of monosaccharide units. Cellulose is a homopolymer, meaning that all of its building blocks are the same sugar.
Cellulose is a straight, unbranched chain of glucose units linked by glycosidic bonds. These chains lie side by side and form microfibrils, which give the plant cell wall its strength. NCERT also notes that cotton fibre and paper are made of cellulose.
Fructose is the monomer of inulin, a polymer of fructose. Galactose is a sugar found combined in lactose and in some plant gums, not in cellulose. Sucrose is a disaccharide of glucose and fructose; it is the transported sugar in plants, not a monomer of a structural polysaccharide.
Glucose option is correct.
Similar Questions
A student was asked to identify a permanent slide of mitosis. He made the following observations.
(i) Splitting of centromere and formation of daughter chromatids.
(ii) Chromatids are migrating towards the opposite poles.
The stage would be
A diploid cell which has 8 chromosomes undergoes meiosis and produces 4 daughter cells. What is the number of chromosomes present in each daughter cell formed at the end of meiosis-I?
The following statements are the steps in the catalytic action of an enzyme. Arrange them in correct sequence.
a) The active site of the enzyme, now in close proximity of the substrate, breaks the chemical bonds of the substrate and the new enzyme product complex is formed.
b) The substrate binds tightly to the enzyme, inducing a change in the active site of the enzyme.
c) The enzyme releases the products of the reaction and the free enzyme is ready to bind to another molecule of the substrate.
d) The substrate binds to the active site of the enzyme.
A chromosome with an extremely short and a very long arm is called ________.
Which of the following is not the function of plasma membrane?
Important Questions from Cell : Structure and Functions
A student was asked to identify a permanent slide of mitosis. He made the following observations.
(i) Splitting of centromere and formation of daughter chromatids.
(ii) Chromatids are migrating towards the opposite poles.
The stage would be
A diploid cell which has 8 chromosomes undergoes meiosis and produces 4 daughter cells. What is the number of chromosomes present in each daughter cell formed at the end of meiosis-I?
The following statements are the steps in the catalytic action of an enzyme. Arrange them in correct sequence.
a) The active site of the enzyme, now in close proximity of the substrate, breaks the chemical bonds of the substrate and the new enzyme product complex is formed.
b) The substrate binds tightly to the enzyme, inducing a change in the active site of the enzyme.
c) The enzyme releases the products of the reaction and the free enzyme is ready to bind to another molecule of the substrate.
d) The substrate binds to the active site of the enzyme.
A chromosome with an extremely short and a very long arm is called ________.
Which of the following is not the function of plasma membrane?
