Question

what is the monomers of glucose and monosaccharides?

Answer 1

Monomers are small molecules or sometimes small atoms that bond together to form polymers. There are basically the building blocks of four major macromolecules of a life. They are,

(i) Sugars - Sugar monomers bond together to form carbohydrates. Glucose is a monomer that bond together to form Carbohydrates.

(ii) Amino acids - Amino acids are monomers that bond together to form Proteins.

(iii) Fatty acids - Fatty acids and Glycerol are monomers that bond together to form Lipids and

(iv) Nucleotides - Nucleotides are the monomers that bond together to form Nucleic acids.

A monosaccharide is a single monomer and this monosaccharides include simple sugars such as glucose, fructose. Monosaccharides are bonded together via glycosidic linkage which is a covalent bond and form for example disaccharides. Disaccharides are two monosaccharides joined together. Example of disaccharides are sucrose (made of glucose and fructose), lactose (made of glucose and galactose).