Sucrose

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Sucrose is a disaccharide of the molecules glucose and fructose, joined by an O-glycosidic bond.

Sucrose can be cleaved into its component monosaccharides by the enzyme sucrase[1][2].

References:

  1. ↑ Stryer, L (2012). Biochemistry. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company. p337.
  2. ↑ Berg, J. M., Tymoczko, J. L. & Stryer, L., 2006. Biochemistry. 6th ed. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company. page 311



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