NEET BIOLOGY

CELL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION

BIO MOLECULES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Glycogen is a homopolymer made of
A
Glucose units
B
Galactose units
C
Ribose units
D
Aminoacids
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -So, the correct answer is ‘Glucose unit’.

Detailed explanation-2: -Complete step by step answer: Glycogen is a homopolysaccharide but is different from the starch as glycogen is highly branched. Glycogen serves as a source of energy. It is a polysaccharide which gives glucose and maltose on hydrolysis.

Detailed explanation-3: -The repeating unit of glycogen is glucose. Glycogen is a branched chain polymer. It consists of about 30, 000 glucose units.

Detailed explanation-4: -Glycogen is a branched polymer of d-glucose that serves as a store of energy and carbon in vertebrates, and is found largely in the liver and skeletal muscle. It possesses considerable structural similarity to amylopectin but is more highly branched, and is sometimes referred to as animal starch.

Detailed explanation-5: -(i)Cellulose is a homopolymer of glucose.

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