What feature makes sugar molecules soluble in water?

What will be an ideal response?


Two or more hydroxyl (—OH) groups impart solubility to a sugar molecule, which means that monosaccharides move easily through the water-based internal environments of all organisms.

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Many bacteria are naturally capable of taking up endogenous fragments of DNA in their environment, a phenomenon termed

A) conversion. B) transformation. C) hybridization. D) transfection. E) conjugation.

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Fever and inflammation are considered to be nonspecific defenses.

a. true b. false

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Rheumatic fever is a sequalae of repeated infection with streptococcus pyogenes. The pathogenesis involved in this complication is

A. Antigen-antibody complex precipitation on the valves of the heart B. Molecular mimicry in which some of the bacterial proteins resembles those of endocardium C. An immunological response to a specific Protein A D. An immunological response in the antigen determining the Lancefield classification of the bacterium

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In general, which of the follwoing will diffuse across a lipid bilayer most rapidly.

a. Small hydrophillic molecule b. Small hydrophobic molecule c. Large hydrophillic molecule d. Large hydrophobic molecule

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