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Oligosaccharides are _______.

a. are found in bacterial lipopolysaccharide
b. never found in mucins
c. never attached to hormones
d. classified as N- or O-linked when found in gangliosides

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Answer:

a. are found in bacterial lipopolysaccharide

Step-by-step explanation:

Oligosaccharides are the carbohydrates which are made of approximately 3-10 units of monosaccharide. Oligosaccharides are bound to the lipids or the proteins to form the glycolipids and the glycoproteins respectively by the O-glycosidic or the N-glycosidic linkages. They are found in the bacterial lipopolysaccharides especially cell wall lipopolysaccharides of the Gram negative bacteria. Llipopolysaccharide of the Gram negative bacteria consists of O-antigen that consists of repeated oligosaccharide units.

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