Cellulose

• Cellulose is made up of beta glucose
• Cellulose is found in plant cell walls and forms a strong structure
• Cellulose provides strength and flexibility to cells
• Cellulose has long unbranched chains that form fibrils that form beta glycosidic bonds (hydrogen bonds between the layers) with neighbouring fibrils to create ribbons of cellulose. These strands are arranged in a random pattern with some spaces this is the primary wall. The next layers are arranged in a more orderly pattern on top this is the secondary wall.
• Every alternate beta glucose has been flipped over. This makes it a flat, ribboned shape by removing the coil and making the fibers strong. The structural role is due to the mechanical strength caused by hydrogen bonding.
• Cellulose is insoluble in water and indigestible by vertebrates
• Cellulose prevents plant cells from bursting