Question

Glycogen is

• A. a polymer of $\beta-D-$ glucose units
• B. a structural polysaccharide
• C. structurally very much similar to amylopeetin
• D. structurally similar to amylopeetin but extensively branched

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

structurally similar to amylopeetin but extensively branched

Answer 2

It is structurally similar to amylopectin but extensively branched.Glycogen is referred to as the animal starch and is the storage form of glucose in animals.Glycogen is made of glucose molecules that are linked in the branched chain form and is stored in the liver and muscles.The glucose units are linked as alpha 1,4 glycosidic bonds and branching at alpha 1,6 glycosidic bonds.Therefore,it is similar to amylopectin