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  • Glycosidic Bond
    Acetal or ketal linkage joining a sugar's anomeric carbon to another group, crucial for connecting monosaccharides or other molecules.
  • Anomeric Carbon
    Specific carbon in a sugar where glycosidic bonds form, often labeled as carbon number 1 in structural diagrams.
  • Monosaccharide
    Simple sugar unit that can be covalently linked via glycosidic bonds to build larger carbohydrate chains.
  • Glycoside
    Compound containing a glycosidic bond, formed when a sugar links to another molecule through its anomeric carbon.
  • Dehydration Synthesis
    Reaction forming glycosidic bonds by removing a water molecule, enabling sugars to connect.
  • Hydrolysis
    Process breaking glycosidic bonds by adding water, reversing dehydration synthesis and separating linked sugars.
  • O Glycosidic Bond
    Type of glycosidic bond where the anomeric carbon of a sugar connects to an oxygen atom, common in carbohydrate chains.
  • N Glycosidic Bond
    Type of glycosidic bond where the anomeric carbon of a sugar links to a nitrogen atom, often found in nucleotides.
  • Alpha Configuration
    Arrangement of the anomeric carbon in a sugar where the substituent is positioned opposite the highest numbered carbon.
  • Beta Configuration
    Arrangement of the anomeric carbon in a sugar where the substituent is positioned on the same side as the highest numbered carbon.
  • Acetal
    Functional group formed when a glycosidic bond links a sugar's anomeric carbon to another group via two oxygen atoms.
  • Ketal
    Functional group formed when a glycosidic bond links a sugar's anomeric carbon to another group via two non-hydrogen atoms.
  • Carbohydrate Chain
    Structure resulting from multiple monosaccharides covalently linked by glycosidic bonds, forming polymers.
  • Naming Convention
    System for identifying glycosidic bonds based on anomeric carbon configuration and carbon numbering, using arrows or commas.