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Q.The β-D Glucose units in cellulose are linked together by:

(a) 1→3 Linkage.
(b) N-acetyl side chains.
(c) β-(1, 4) glycosidic Linkage.
(d) N-acetyl D-Glucosamine.
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Cellulose is a homopolysaccharide of β-D-glucose units, and the glucose monomers are linked together specifically by β-(1→4) glycosidic bonds, giving it a straight, unbranched, highly hydrogen-bonded chain.

Cellulose is the chief structural polysaccharide of plant cell walls. It is built entirely of D-glucose units in the β-anomeric configuration, joined by glycosidic bonds between carbon-1 of one glucose unit and carbon-4 of the next — hence a β-(1→4) linkage.

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