Biochemistry › Glycosidic Linkages
During times of glucose deprivation in the human body, the liver is able to supply glucose to the bloodstream by breaking down a large, branched polysaccharide that it holds in reserve until it is needed. Which of the following lists the correct type of glycosidic bonds found in this polysaccharide.
You discover that your patient is lactose intolerant, having a mutation that does not allow them to produce an enzyme that cleaves the disaccharide lactose. If they had the lactase enzyme, which glycosidic bond would it cleave?
Why does glycogen have more branches than starch?
Glycogen is not a single chain of glucose units, but many chains branching off of one another. Why is the branching of glycogen important?
Glucose polysaccharides are linked together at branch points in glycogen by what type of bond?