I got two hours of sleep a day, which is not enough, although four hours would be sufficient. In order to get more sleep this time I'm going to try to reduce the amount of air-traffic control communication that I have to do, so that I'm not constantly on the radio. NOVA: Your last flight lasted a little over six days.
Alpha and beta glucose differ in stereochemistry at one single carbon. In the alpha-form, a bulky group is in a so-called axial position, and in the beta-form, the group is in a more favourable equatorial position. These different positions lead to different bonds in polysaccharides, giving rise to a need for different enzymes to digest them.
Glucose. Glucose like other sugars can exist in a straight chain form or it can loop back on itself and become a ring. If the hydroxyl group on the first carbon atom points down when the ring is formed alpha glucose results and if the hydroxyl group points up the result is beta glucose. alpha glucose. When glucose molecules are enzymatically joined to form a disaccharide a water molecule is removed.