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What is the difference between amylose and amylopectin?

Amylopectin is easer for enzymes to get around and break it down. Amylose is a long unbranced chain of glucose, it has a cylinder like structure wich makes it compact so it… (MORE)

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What are differences between amylopectin and glycogen?

Recent research has actually shown that Glycogen IS actually a form of amylopectin. Amylopectin is a branched polysaccharide joined by alpha-1,4 linkages with branch points of… (MORE)

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The structural difference between amylose and amylopectin?

Amylose is type of starch which is unbranched. Consisting 1-4 Alfa glycosidic linkage. It is not easy to digested and takes less space than amylopectin. Amylopectin is branche… (MORE)

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Does glycogen and amylopectin have a helical structure like amylose and if yes why is it that glycogen and amylopectin form red-violet colouration with potassium iodide?

Yes, they are helical. The change in colouration is due to iodine being trapped in the helix. Difference in colour is due to the different wavelength of light being absorbed w… (MORE)

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In Carbohydrates and Low-Carb Diets

Why does amylase break down amylase and not amylopectin?

Enzymes are often substrate-specific, meaning they will only catalyze a reaction with a certain molecule. The difference in structure between amylose and amylopectin causes am… (MORE)

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Why is amylopectin more compact than amylose?

Actually, amylose is more compact than amylopectin due to its helical structure. Amylose is unbranching and forms a compact helix, whereas amylopectin is a branching struc… (MORE)

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What does amylopectins do to starch?

Starch is a mixture of two types of polymers (or macromolecules) namely: Amylose and Amylopectin. Both polymers have a fairly large distribution of sizes, but are still made o… (MORE)

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What are the names of the monomers used in the synthesis of amylopectin and cellulose?

the monomer used in the synthesis of amylopectin is starch whereas the monomer used in the synthesis of cellulose is glucose.

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Why does amylase break down amylose more effectively than amylopectin?

Enzymes are often substrate-specific, meaning they will only catalyze a reaction with a certain molecule. The difference in structure between amylose and amylopectin causes am… (MORE)

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How many carbons are in amylopectin?

Very, very many. Amylopectine is a carbohydrate polymere made of glucose (C6H12O6) units: (n+1) C6H12O6 --> (C6H10O5)n(C6H12O6) + n H2O (with n >> 1000) So, depending on '… (MORE)