A patient was diagnosed with a deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme alpha-galactosidase. The name of the deficient enzyme suggest that it hydrolyzes a glycosidic bond, which best describes the bond that can’t be broken ?
A. multiple hydrogen bonds between two sugar molecules
B. BetweentheanomericcarbonofasugarandanOH(orN)of another molecule
C. Betweentwoanomericcarbonsinpolysaccharides
D. Internal bond formation between the anomeric carbon of a monosaccharide and
its own fifth carbon hydroxyl group.
E. Between the carbon containing the aldol or keto group and the α-carbon of the
sugar.