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question 3 (1 point)
humans can digest beta glucose, but not alpha glucose.
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Humans can digest alpha - glucose (e.g., starch which has alpha - 1,4 and alpha - 1,6 linkages and is digested by amylase). But humans lack the enzymes (such as cellulase which can break beta - 1,4 linkages in cellulose) to fully digest most beta - glucose containing polysaccharides (except for some like lactose which has a beta - 1,4 linkage but is digested by lactase).
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