Where are carbohydrates made?

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what part of the organism?

[michak]

Pretty sure we consume carbohydrates not make them.

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Pretty sure we consume carbohydrates not make them.

where are they made then?

[paulsterio]

What are you trying to ask, what kind of answer are you after? A little bit of context would be good.

This is a very general question, plants can make carbohydrates through photosynthesis, animals can make carbohydrates through gluconeogenesis, carbohydrates can be made in a lab and is present in many types of foods including fruits, potatoes and stuff such as rice...etc.

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i was ready something about carbs being assembled in the golgi, but they are not made there are they ?

also i was mainly thinking about where in a cell? If they do ( sorry about my wording)

[Bad Student]

i was ready something about carbs being assembled in the golgi, but they are not made there are they ?

also i was mainly thinking about where in a cell? If they do ( sorry about my wording)

Can you explain the difference between "made" and "assembled"?

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Can you explain the difference between "made" and "assembled"?

sorry there kind of the same thing

but I really just wanted to know are carbs synthesised in the Golgi? If not where are they ?

[Bad Student]

Glucose is made in the chloroplasts when photosynthesis occurs. I don't know where monosaccharides are turned into polysaccharides though.

[thushan]

sorry there kind of the same thing

but I really just wanted to know are carbs synthesised in the Golgi? If not where are they ?

Are you talking about glycogen synthesis? Happens in smooth ER. Dw too much about it, highly doubt they'd ask that.

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Glucose is made in the chloroplasts when photosynthesis occurs. I don't know where monosaccharides are turned into polysaccharides though.

where are monosaccharides made?

[thushan]

We don't make them, we consume them and absorb them ready made.
We can convert between monosaccharides as well, I don't know where exactly in the cell it is - it was definitely not something I knew when I did bio.

[Bad Student]

Monosaccharides such as glucose and fructose are products of photosynthesis so they are made in chloroplasts. Glucose can be converted to another monosaccharide called galactose.

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i know that i dont need to know I'm just curious now
so would you say that carbs are made in the chloroplasts as well as being assembled in the golgi ?

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Monosaccharides such as glucose and fructose are products of photosynthesis so they are made in chloroplasts. Glucose can be converted to another monosaccharide called galactose.

thanks  for all your help

[Bad Student]

i know that i dont need to know I'm just curious now
so would you say that carbs are made in the chloroplasts as well as being assembled in the golgi ?

I think you could say that the chloroplasts synthesise carbohydrates from simple inorganic matter and the Golgi apparatus takes the simple carbohydrates produced by the chloroplasts and converts them into complex carbohydrates.