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#Question id: 8849


Humans can digest starch but not cellulose because

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms
  1. the monomer of starch is glucose, while the monomer of cellulose is galactose.
  2. humans have enzymes that can hydrolyze the beta (β) glycosidic linkages of starch but not the alpha (α) glycosidic linkages of cellulose.
  3. humans have enzymes that can hydrolyze the alpha (α) glycosidic linkages of starch but not the beta (β) glycosidic linkages of cellulose.
  4. humans harbor starch-digesting bacteria in the digestive tract.