Chitin

Practice: Chitin is:

Practice: Indicate whether or not each of the following characterizations applies to the following:

(1) Chitin only, (2) Cellulose only, (3) Both Cellulose and Chitin, (4) Neither.

a) Structural polysaccharide: ____________.

b) Monomers are glucose amino sugar derivatives: ____________.

c) Glycosidic linkages are all (β-1,4): ____________.

d) Homopolysaccharide: ____________.

Practice: Which of the following statements best describes the main structural difference between cellulose and chitin?