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What are glycosidic linkages? In which type of biomolecules are they present?

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In oligosaccharides and polysaccharides, any two adjacent monosaccharide units are joined together by an ether linkage or oxide linkage formed by the loss of a molecule of water. Such a linkage between two monosaccharide units through oxygen atom is called glycosidic linkage.
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