Single sugar unit (triose through heptose). Exists as open-chain aldehyde/ketone in equilibrium with furanose/pyranose ring forms; α/β anomers interconvert via mutarotation.
Single sugar unit (triose through heptose). Exists as open-chain aldehyde/ketone in equilibrium with furanose/pyranose ring forms; α/β anomers interconvert via mutarotation.