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Sep 29, 2017

Proteins are made up of amino acids, polysacccharides are made up of sugrs

Explanation:

Proteins are made up of small molecules know as amino acids. http://www.compoundchem.com/2014/09/16/aminoacids/
A lot of these amino acids are linked together with a peptide bond to form a protein(see next image)http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/bb331/lecture01/peptidebond.html
The amino acids in the protein make different substructures, like #alpha# helices and #beta# sheets. These structures of amino acids are combined to form a protein with a distinct shape (which is important for its function)

https://canvas.instructure.com/courses/1021937/pages/levels-of-protein-structure

Polysachharides are essentially a lot of sugars (monosaccharides) linked together with glycosidic bonds. One of the most well known polysaccharides is cellulose. Cellulose is made up of lots of linked glucose molecules. https://myorganicchemistry.wikispaces.com/Cellulose

Most polysaccharides are used as either structural elements of organisms (like chitin and cellulose), whilst other polysaccharides are used to store energy for later use (like glycogen and starch)