Biology carbohydrates
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- Created on: 14-11-18 12:47
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- Carbohydrates
- Starch
- Found in plants
- Made of alpha glucose
- Polysaccharide
- Storage molecule
- Tightly coiled to be more compact
- linear and helical amylose
- low solubility is because it is a polymer consisting of many glucose molecules joined by glycosidic bonds
- amylose
- unbranched
- 1-4 glyosidic bonds
- coiled
- amylopectin
- long branched chain
- 1-4 and 1-6 glyosidic bonds
- side branches allow enzyme to break easily
- Glycogen
- Found in animals
- Made from alpha glucose
- Polysaccaide
- Branched chain to easily be broken down
- Storage molecule
- glyosidic bonds
- structure similar to amylopectin (a component of starch) but is more extensively branched and compact than starch.
- Cellulose
- Found in plants
- Made from Beta Glucose
- Structural molecule
- Cell Walls
- Unbranched chain of alternating molecules
- Hydrolysed to form alpha glucose for respiration
- Glyosidic bonds
- Starch
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