MHT CET 2024 Chemistry question

What type of glycosidic linkages are developed when excess glucose is to be stored for future use in animals?

(A) and
(B) and
(C) and
(D) and Correct

Answer: (D)

Solution

In animals, excess glucose is stored as glycogen (animal starch), mainly in liver and muscles. Glycogen is a branched polymer of -D-glucose: the main chain has -glycosidic links (-1,4) and the branch

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