Maltose Molecule
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A Maltose Molecule is a disaccharide formed from two units of glucose ...
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- See: Reducing Sugar, Lactose, Trehalose, Cellobiose, Monosaccharide, Glycosidic Bond, Isomer.
References
2017
- (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltose Retrieved:2017-11-22.
- Maltose, also known as maltobiose or malt sugar, is a disaccharide formed from two units of glucose joined with an α(1→4) bond. In the isomer isomaltose, the two glucose molecules are joined with an α(1→6) bond. Maltose is the two-unit member of the amylose homologous series, the key structural motif of starch. When beta-amylase breaks down starch, it removes two glucose units at a time, producing maltose. An example of this reaction is found in germinating seeds, which is why it was named after malt. Unlike sucrose, it is a reducing sugar.