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| Saccharide is another term used for the word sugar - and an oligosaccharide commonly refers to a [[carbohydrate|carbohydrate]] [[polymer|polymer]] whose [[Molecules|molecules]] are composed of a relatively small number of monosaccharide units.<ref>Jeremy M. Berg, John L. Tymoczko, Lubert Stryer . Biochemistry Seventh Edition Freeman</ref>The parameters for an oligosaccharide vary - however, they are typically counted as any sugar with between 3 and 9 [[monosaccharide|monosaccharide]] units.
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| Common oligosaccharides include [[glucose|glucose]], [[fructose|fructose]] and [[galactose|galactose]] - which can often be bonded together through [[1,4_glycosidic_bonds|1,4 glycosidic bonds]] to create disaccharides such as [[maltose|maltose]], [[sucrose|sucrose]] and [[lactose|lactose]].
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| Oligosaccharides have many functions in humans and the most commonly investigated is their effect on animal cell [[Plasma_membranes|plasma membranes]] where they play an important role in cell - cell recognition.<ref>Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter. Molecular Biology of the Cell, Fifth edition.</ref> | |
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