Important Polysaccharides lecture 4

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What is starch?
A glucose-storage polysaccharide found in plants.
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What two molecules make up starch?
Amylose and amylopectin.
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What is amylose?
A mostly straight-chain component of starch.
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What is amylopectin?
A branched component of starch.
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What is glycogen?
A highly branched glucose-storage polysaccharide found in animals.
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Where is glycogen especially abundant?
Muscle and liver.
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What is cellulose?
A structural glucose polymer found in plant cell walls.
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Which of starch, glycogen, and cellulose are made from glucose?
All three.