24 The chemical basis of blood group specificity resides in

24. The chemical basis of blood group specificity resides in the carbohydrates displayed on the surface of red blood cells. Carbohydrates have the potential for great structural diversity. Indeed, the structural complexity of the oligosaccharides that can be formed from four sugars is greater than that for the oligopeptides from four amino acids. What properties of carbohydrates make this great structural diversity possible?

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Ans) Properties of carbohydrates : The molecules are involved of atoms of oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen . The molecules commonly have 2 times as much oxygen and hydrogen atoms.

Carbon is unequalled in its potential to form huge, multiplex, and various molecules. This potential makes huge, multiplex molecules possible. The number and positioning of functional grouping give severally molecule its individual properties. Polysaccharides are involved in Carbohydrate macromolecules, polymers collected of hydrogen and atoms.