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1. Storage Polysaccharides
A mixture of amylose and amylopectin. Both forms of starch are polymers of ?- Glucose. Natural
starches contain 10-20% amylose and 80-90% amylopectin.
Amylose molecule is a very long chain with 1-4 links. The chain coils up into a spiral, held in shape by H
bonds between the glucose units.
Amylopectin differs from amylose in being highly branched. Short side chains of about 30 glucose units
are attached with 1- 6 linkages approximately every 20-30 glucose units along the chain.
2. Structural polysaccharides
Syllabus 2015
(c) describe the formation and breakage of a glycosidic bond with reference both to polysaccharides and
to disaccharides including sucrose;
(d) describe the molecular structure of polysaccharides including starch (amylose and amylopectin), glycogen
and cellulose and relate these structures to their functions in living organisms;
Syllabus 2016
c) describe the formation of a glycosidic bond by condensation, with reference both to polysaccharides and to
disaccharides, including sucrose
d) describe the breakage of glycosidic bonds in polysaccharides and disaccharides by hydrolysis, with
reference to the non-reducing sugar test
e) describe the molecular structure of polysaccharides including starch (amylose and amylopectin), glycogen
and cellulose and relate these structures to their functions in living organisms
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