How do carbohydrates contain and/or display information for cells?

a) Carbohydrates have no role in containing or displaying information for cells.

b) Carbohydrates store information in the nucleus.

c) Carbohydrates contain and display information at the cell surface.

d) Carbohydrates display information used by mitochondria to bind to substrates and catalyze reactions.

Option (c).

Explanation:

Carbohydrates may be defined as the polymers of the sugars and one of the most important biomolecule of the living organisms. Carbohydrates plays an important structural and functional role.

Carbohydrates are always present on the exoplasmic surface of the plasma membrane. The are present in the association with the proteins and lipids as glycoproteins and glycolipids. These carbohydrates acts as the signaling molecule that display information on cell surface.

Thus, the correct answer is option (c).