Glycoproteins are ?: (A) Proteins to which glucose is attached, (B) Carbohydrate to which protein is attached, (C) Protein to which lipid and glucose is attached, (D) None of the above
Answer is A. Glycoprotein are conjugated proteins. They consists of protein to which sho branched, oligosaccharides are covalently attached.Proteoglycans are carbohydrates to which small amount of protein is attached. Proteoglycans consists of 95% of carbohydrate and 5. 5% of protein. To know the structure of proteoglycans, one should know the structure of glycosaminoglycans.