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glycosidic bond (linkage)
A covalent bond involving the anomeric carbon (sp2 hydridized) of a carbohydrate forming an acetal or ketal rendering that carbohydrate moiety non reducing. Glycosidic linkages between C1 of one sugar & C4 or C3 of an adjacent sugar form the basic stucture of polysaccharides.
Related
glycoside
Specific
alpha glycosidic bond (linkage)
beta glycosidic bond (linkage)
General
covalent bond
References
Biochemistry, L. Stryer, WH Freeman & Co, New York, 1988 pg 337-338