Glycogen is highly branched. What advantage, ifany, does this provide to an anim

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Glycogen is highly branched. What advantage, ifany, does this provide to an animal as compared to purely linear glucose polymers? OThe number of available terminal glucose monomers is higher for glycogen, thus making glucose production more rapid. The branched glycogen is less soluble in water, and thus can be more easily stored for later use. OThe total number of glucose monomers that can be stored is greater in tycogen than in linear amylose. The a(1-6) glycosidic linkages in glycogen are more readily hydrolyzed than the a(1-4) bonds in linear amylose. ONone of the Above Try Another Version 2 tem attempts remaining D F H

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Ans A . The number of available terminal glucose monomers is higher for glycogen, thus making glucose production more rapid.

As we know glycogen is the polysaccharide of glucose, that serves to store glucose in our body for emergency purposes.

Branching increases the solubility of glucogen and also it creates terminal glucose residues which are easier to act upon by glycogen phosphorylase and synthatase, thus making glycogen degradation and synthesis both rapid.

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