#biochemistry
Enzymes are able to distinguish between these two structures and use one or the other preferen- tially. For example, glycogen is synthesized from α-D-glucopyra- nose, whereas cellulose is synthesized from β-D-glucopyranose. The cyclic α and β anomers of a sugar in solution are in equilib- rium with each other, and can be spontaneously interconverted (a process called mutarotation
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