Naming and characterizing a disaccharide Trehalose, a disaccharide produced in fungi, has the following structure: 11eb6c64_c367_52ec_bdca_27a0d7a812ca_SM1109_00 a) What is the systematic name for this disaccharide? b) Is trehalose a reducing sugar? Explain.

Biochemistry 6th Edition by Reginald Garrett,Charles Grisham

Edition 6ISBN: 978-1305577206

Edition 6ISBN: 978-1305577206

Exercise 4

Naming and characterizing a disaccharide
Trehalose, a disaccharide produced in fungi, has the following structure:

a) What is the systematic name for this disaccharide?
b) Is trehalose a reducing sugar? Explain.

Explanation

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a. Trehalose contains two glucose residu...