molecules and one from structure to form containing repeating disaccharide units of one (o They
extend (e) peptide core in a ( which are linked by a specific tetrasaccharide units.
Solution
a)Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs)- long unbranched polysaccharides found mainly on cell surface
or in the extracellular matrix (ECM)
b)Negatively- which helps in take up of Ca2+, Na+, K+ etc.
c) Amino sugar [either N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) or N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) ]
d) Uronic acid [glucuronate (GlcA) or iduronate (IdoA) ]
e) Perpendicularly
f) Brush-like
g) Proteoglycans- tetrasaccharide units composed of a glucuronate (GlcA) residue, two galactose
(Gal) residues & a xylose (Xyl) residue. Thus the structure look like-
GAG(n)–GlcA–Gal–Gal–Xyl–Ser–protein