Similar: They are all polysaccharides; repeating monosaccharide molecules.
Differences: They are composed of different isomers (structures) of monosaccharide units (like glucose,galactose or fructose).
Cellulose is exclusively a plant product (cell wall).
Glycogen is nicknamed "animal starch" and is found in the liver and in muscle tissue.
Plants produce starch from monosaccharides as a result of photosynthesis.
2007-07-04 03:52:18
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Starch Glycogen And Cellulose
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How are glycogen, starch and cellulose similar and how are the different?
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They are all polysaccharides with the basic formula (C6H10O5)n . They are macromolecules capable of acting as structural or storage molecules.
Storage Polysaccharides: Starch is a plant storage polysaccharide that is composed entirely of glucose joined by @1-4 glycoside linkages. amylose is the simplest form of starch. amylopectin is more complex and is branched. Glycogen is an animal starch stored in the liver and muscles of vertebrates. It is more highly branched than amylopectin.
Structural Polysaccharides: Cellulose and chitin are examples of structural polysaccharides.
Cellulose is the most abundant organic compound on earth. It is made of glucose, like starch, but they differ in the type of 1-4 linkage. Instead of an @ linkage as in starch cellulose contains a B 1-4 linkage.
This causes the polysaccharide to take on a step arrangement and not a linear one like in starch.
Enzymes find it difficult to brake the B 1-4 linkage.
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These three molecules are all polysaccharides and made up of many glucose units joined together by glycosidic bonds. Starch has 1-4 and 1-6 bonds between alpha glucoses, as has glycogen. Cellulose is made of 1-4 bonds between beta glucoses.
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