Explain what makes carbohydrates different from the others (Lipids, proteins, nucleic acids) structurally?

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anonymous_user · Answer

Carbohydrates are composed of one or more sugar units.

Carbohydrates’ main functions are to store energy and to serve as structural material. Carbohydrates are made of atoms of carbon (carbo) and the atoms in water (hydrate), hydrogen and oxygen.

The simple carbohydrates are sugars made of one or two sugar units. Sucrose, or table sugar, and fructose, the sugar found in many fruits, are examples of simple carbohydrates. Complex carbohydrates are made of many repeating sugar units (more than two). Starch, a complex carbohydrate that is found in plants, occurs in large amounts in potatoes and grains. Glycogen, another complex carbohydrate, is found mainly in the muscles and liver of vertebrate animals, including you.

anonymous · Answer

Thank you. How about lipids compared to the others?

anonymous · Answer

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