Given below are two statements
Statement I: Glycogen is similar to amylose in its structure.
Statement II: Glycogen is found in yeast and fungi also. In the light of the above statements choose the correct answer from the options given below.
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: Chemically, amylose is a long unbranched chain with 200-1000
-glucose units
held together by
glycosidic linkage. Glycogen is similar to amylopectin as it is a branched chain polymer of
-
-glucose units in which chain is formed by
glycosidic linkage whereas branching occurs by
glycosidic linkage.
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