Editing Metabolism (section)

===Carbohydrates===
[[File:Glucose Fisher to Haworth.gif|thumb|upright=1.15|right|alt=The straight chain form consists of four C H O H groups linked in a row, capped at the ends by an aldehyde group C O H and a methanol group C H 2 O H.  To form the ring, the aldehyde group combines with the O H group of the next-to-last carbon at the other end, just before the methanol group.|[[Glucose]] can exist in both a straight-chain and ring form.]]{{Main|Carbohydrate}}
Carbohydrates are [[aldehyde]]s or [[ketone]]s, with many [[hydroxyl]] groups attached, that can exist as straight chains or rings. Carbohydrates are the most abundant biological molecules, and fill numerous roles, such as the storage and transport of [[energy]] ([[starch]], [[glycogen]]) and structural components ([[cellulose]] in plants, [[chitin]] in animals).<ref name="Nelson-2005" /> The basic carbohydrate units are called [[monosaccharide]]s and include [[galactose]], [[fructose]], and most importantly [[glucose]]. Monosaccharides can be linked together to form [[polysaccharide]]s in almost limitless ways.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Raman R, Raguram S, Venkataraman G, Paulson JC, Sasisekharan R | title = Glycomics: an integrated systems approach to structure-function relationships of glycans | journal = Nature Methods | volume = 2 | issue = 11 | pages = 817–24 | date = November 2005 | pmid = 16278650 | doi = 10.1038/nmeth807 | s2cid = 4644919 }}</ref>