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    This document describes the characteristics of several polysaccharides: amylase, amylopectin, glycogen, and cellulose. Amylase is a plant polysaccharide found in starch grains that functions as plant energy storage through alpha glucose monomers linked by 1,4 glycosidic bonds forming long, unbranched chains. Amylopectin also functions as plant energy storage, found in starch grains, but has a shorter, slightly coiled chain formed from alpha glucose monomers linked by both 1,4 and 1,6 glycosidic bonds. Glycogen is an animal polysaccharide found in granules that serves as animal energy storage, with a short, slightly coiled and highly branched chain formed from

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    This document describes the characteristics of several polysaccharides: amylase, amylopectin, glycogen, and cellulose. Amylase is a plant polysaccharide found in starch grains that functions as plant energy storage through alpha glucose monomers linked by 1,4 glycosidic bonds forming long, unbranched chains. Amylopectin also functions as plant energy storage, found in starch grains, but has a shorter, slightly coiled chain formed from alpha glucose monomers linked by both 1,4 and 1,6 glycosidic bonds. Glycogen is an animal polysaccharide found in granules that serves as animal energy storage, with a short, slightly coiled and highly branched chain formed from

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    This document describes the characteristics of several polysaccharides: amylase, amylopectin, glycogen, and cellulose. Amylase is a plant polysaccharide found in starch grains that functions as plant energy storage through alpha glucose monomers linked by 1,4 glycosidic bonds forming long, unbranched chains. Amylopectin also functions as plant energy storage, found in starch grains, but has a shorter, slightly coiled chain formed from alpha glucose monomers linked by both 1,4 and 1,6 glycosidic bonds. Glycogen is an animal polysaccharide found in granules that serves as animal energy storage, with a short, slightly coiled and highly branched chain formed from

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    Characteristics of Polysaccharides

    Characteristics Amylase Amylopectin Glycogen Cellulose

    What type of of plant plant animal plant


    cells have this
    polysaccharides? fungi
    (plant/animal)

    In what form is starch grains starch grains granules fibres


    this
    polysaccharide?

    What is the main plant energy plant energy animal energy stable plant cell
    function? storage storage storage walls

    What is the α glucose α glucose α glucose β glucose


    monomer?

    What is the name 1,4 glycosidic 1,4 & 1,6 1,4 & 1,6 1,4 glycosidic
    of the bond bond glycosidic bonds glycosidic bonds bond
    between
    monomers?

    What type of long shorter than short long


    chain is formed? amylase
    (long, short, coilded slightly coiled straight
    straight, coiled, coiled slightly
    branched, unbranched branched unbranched
    unbranched) highly branched

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