cell wall of fungi is made up of chitin true or false
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The cell wall of fungi is made of chitin.
This statement is true.
This is a carbohydrate polymer that is a long chain.
Chemically it is a polymer of N-acetyl muramic acid and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine.
The glucans and glycoproteins are all linked together.
This makes the thin cell walls of the fungi rigid.
This statement is true.
This is a carbohydrate polymer that is a long chain.
Chemically it is a polymer of N-acetyl muramic acid and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine.
The glucans and glycoproteins are all linked together.
This makes the thin cell walls of the fungi rigid.
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The cell wall of the fungi is made up of Chitin.
The polymers are mainly found in the unbranched chain of beta - (1, 4) - linked – N – Acetylglucosamine in the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota.
Or there are poly- beta – (1, 4) – N – Acetylglucosamine (chitosan) in the Zygomycota.
They both are synthesized and extruded at the plasma membrane.
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