Humans Can Digest Starch but Not Cellulose Because

question 43

Multiple Choice

Humans can digest starch but not cellulose because

• A) the monomer of starch is glucose, whereas the monomer of cellulose is galactose.
• B) humans have enzymes that can hydrolyze the β glycosidic linkages of starch but not the α glycosidic linkages of cellulose.
• C) humans have enzymes that can hydrolyze the α glycosidic linkages of starch but not the β glycosidic linkages of cellulose.
• D) humans harbor starch-digesting bacteria in the digestive tract.
• E) the monomer of starch is glucose, whereas the monomer of cellulose is glucose with a nitrogen-containing group.

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