Melibiose is a reducing disaccharide formed by an α-1,6 linkage between galactose and glucose ( D -Gal-(α1→6)- D -Glc). It differs from lactose in the chirality of the carbon where the galactose ring is closed and that the galactose is linked to a different point on the glucose moiety.
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