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Why is it important to understand that glycosidic bonds have both alpha & beta anomers (that there can be a & B glycosidic bonds?)-Though a glycosidic bonds are not common, they are in peptidoglycan-Alpha bonds are helical & Beta are flat which is important for protein function-It is much harder to digest B-glyc bonds. Only bacteria can do it-B-glyc bonds can participate in H bonds while alpha cant-Alpha glycosidic bonds form spontaneously, beta require enzyme catalyst
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