Made from Beta Glucose. difference with alpha = OH group on carbon 1 is inverted.
When Beta glucoses condense together everyother molecule inverts = goes upside down 180degrees.
Different from starch and glycogen in that it forms strong straight chains. Everyother hydroxl group can form hydrogen bonds. which = structural stability to cell walls.
Many Cellulose chains together = micro fibrils, which are used to form cell walls of plant cells. Give strength and rigidity. Cellulose = structural molecule.
Celluloses high tensile strength is because ..
- Long chains cross linked by hydrogen bonds
- Adjacent glucose molecules inverted by 180
- Hydrogen bonds form between hydroxyl groups of adjacent parallel chains = make up micro fibrils.
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