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KCET · Chemistry · Biomolecules

Glycogen is

  1. A a polymer of \( (\beta-D-g l u c o s e \) units
  2. B a structural polysaccharide
  3. C structurally very much similar to amylopectin
  4. D structurally similar to amylopectin but extensively branched
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(D) structurally similar to amylopectin but extensively branched

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Glycogen is called animal starch because its structure is similar to amylopectin. The main difference between glycogen
and amylopectin is that amylopectin chain consists of about 20-25 glucose unit, but glycogen chains are much shorter
and consist of about 10-14 glucose units and glycogen is highly branched.