Question

Name the two components of starch. How do they differ from each other structurally?

Answer 1

The components of starch are,amylose and amylopectin. They both consist of polymers of α-D-glucose units in the C1 configuration.
They differ in structures since Amylose is not highly branched while amylopectin is highly branched.

Answer 2

Hello dear,

● Starch -
- It is produced by most green plants as energy storage.
- It's carbohydrate polymer formed several D-glucose units in α-1,4-glycisidic linkage.

Starch polymer is made of two imp structures -
1. Amylose -
- It is unbranched polysaccharide
- Amylose is 20% of starch
- It's straight polymer with alpha-1-4 glycosidic linkage

2. Amylopectin -
- branched polysaccharide
- Amylopectin is 80% in starch
- It's branched polymer with alpha-1-4 & alpha-1-6 glycosidic linkage

Thanks for asking..