Today we are starting a new series looking at how substances are exchanged across cell membranes and transported around organisms. These processes are really important for getting essential resources such as oxygen and glucose to all the cells in an organism. We will start by taking a closer look at the structure of the cell … Read more
Polysaccharides – Biological Molecules Ep 8
Last week we looked at glucose and disaccharides, which are simple carbohydrates. However, many carbohydrate molecules are made up of long chains of monosaccharides joined together to form polysaccharides. Today we will look at polysaccharides made from glucose. We saw in the last article that to form the disaccharide maltose, two glucose molecules are joined … Read more