No, they are simple storage molecules.
No, they do not. Only animal cells have glycogen granule to store energy.
Glycogen is stored inside a cell in the form of granules in the cytoplasm.
Glycogen is a large, branched polysaccharide that appears as granules in cells. Under a microscope, glycogen granules can look like small, irregularly shaped particles. In electron micrographs, glycogen appears as densely packed clusters within cells.
Cell CytoplasmThe cell cytoplasm contains various other substances and structures, including stored foods (glycogen granules and lipid droplets), pigment granules, crystals of various types, water vacuoles, and ingested foreign materials.Human A&P Lab. Manual -9th edition [cat version] Mariebpg. 44
Glycogen is stored in the liver and muscles in the form of granules or crystals. These granules act as a readily available energy source for the body. As for pigment, it is a substance that can give color to tissues or structures, but it is not directly related to glycogen storage.
Cellular contents such as water, ions, and inorganic molecules like minerals are considered non-living. These components do not exhibit life processes on their own and serve mainly as support for the living components of the cell.
Glycogen granules form an energy or food store in mammalian cells. When needed, the glycogen can be broken down (hydrolysed) into glucose, which is used in respiration as a source of energy for the cell. For some background see: http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/g/glycogen.htm
The major storage form of energy in animals is glycogen ,it is stored in glycogen granule . Therefore glycogen granules in muscle cell act as stores of energy , since muscle cells requires alot of energy to perform their functions.
No, fungus does not produce starch granules. Starch is a carbohydrate storage molecule typically found in plants. Fungi store carbohydrates in the form of glycogen instead.
In plants, the major polymers (carbohydrates such as cellulose and starch) are stored in the form of starch granules in specialized plant organs like roots, tubers, and seeds. In animals, the major polymers (such as glycogen) are stored in the form of glycogen granules primarily in the liver and muscles for rapid energy release when needed.
Our bodies way of storing carbohydrates.
Glycogen is the long-term energy storage for animals and most of an animals energy is exerted through motility or muscle movement so it would only make sense for glycogen to be broken down (through hydrolosis) where it was most needed; in the muscles.