What is glycogen? How is it different from starch?
Glycogen is a polysaccharide. It is a polymer of D-glucose. It stores food in animals and human beings. Glycogen and starch differ in the type of glycoside bond that joins the D(+) glucose monomers and the amount of chain branching. When the body needs glucose, enzymes break down to glucose.
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Long Answer Type
Enumerate the reactions of D-glucose which cannot be explained by its open chain structure.
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Short Answer Type
What happens when D-glucose is treated with the following reagents? Hi.
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What do the following abbreviations represent? (a) ala, (b) val, (c) leu, (d) gly.
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In what ways does starch show similarity with cellulose?
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What happens when D-glucose is treated with the following reagents? Bromine water
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What happens when D-glucose is treated with the following reagents? HNO3.
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Multiple Choice Questions
Consider a double helix. Are the base pairs?
part of the backbone structure
inside the helix
outside the helix
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What is the basic structural difference between starch and cellulose?
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One Word Answers
Name a polysaccharide which is stored in the liver of animals as food reserve.
