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BIOLOGY TOPIC 2 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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What is cellulose? (3 + 2 examples)

Author: Sammy Universe



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Polysaccharide (structural) found in the cell wall of plants linear molecule made of beta glucose in a 1-4 arrangement b glucose is indigestable to most animals as they lack the enzyme to break it down eg: cows (ruminants) digest cellulose because of bacteria in a specialized stomach eg: rabbits (caecotrophs) will reingest specialized feces that have digested cellulose


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