cellulose 1

• structure of cellulose

  • a polymer, long chains of B glucose monormers joined by 1,4 glycosidic bonds during condensation reaction
  • every other B glucose molecule inverted/rotated 180 degrees
  • invesion causes many hydrogen bonds to form between the chains
• function of cellulose

  • main structural component of cell walls due to strength
  • due to many hydrogen bonds forming between parallel myofibril chains
  • high tensile strength- stretch without breaking
  • cellulose fibres and lignin form matrix, arrangement of myofibrils is a mesh like pattern