Glycogen: The Animal Storage Polysaccharide

Glycogen as the Storage Form in Animals

• In animals, glycogen is the storage form of glucose.
• Glucose is stored as a long chain of glucose units, which is a polysaccharide, referred to as glycogen.

Accessing Glucose from Glycogen

• When we need access to a glucose molecule, we can cut it off from the glycogen polysaccharide.
• This involves breaking down that individual glucose molecule from the glycogen chain.