glycogen and amylopectin are long chains of monosaccharides simple sugar.
glycogen and amylopectin are long chains of monosaccharides simple sugar.
glycogen and amylopectin are long chains of which simple sugar(s)?
monosaccharides
glycogenesis is the metabolic pathway in which glycogen is created. glycogen, which consists of branched long chains made out of the simple sugar glucose, is an energy storage form for carbohydrates in many human cells; this is most important in liver, muscle and certain brain cells.









































the monosaccharide glucose-6-phosphate (g-6-p) is typically the input substance for glycogenesis. g-6-p is most commonly created from glucose by the action of the enzymes glucokinase (see glycolysis step 1) or hexokinase.









































through the action of several enzymes glycogen is build up:
inborn errors of carbohydrate metabolism
as early as in 1956, it was stated that amylopectin contained three different types of chains. in each macromolecule there is one c-chain, which carries the only reducing group. the b-chains are linked to the macromolecules linked by their potential reducing group, and may contain one or more a-chains that are similarly linked. the ratio of a-b chains (1:1 to 1,5:1) is a measure of the degree of multiple branching and is an important property describing amylopectin. nevertheless, the exact arrangement of chains within the amylopectin molecule is still not clear.
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