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    Polysaccharides are long chains of sugars that form macromolecules. They include cellulose, starch, and glycogen. Glycogen chains have a reducing end and non-reducing end. Starch forms helical structures that can bind with iodine molecules and appear blue, while cellulose lacks these helical structures. There are also more complex polysaccharides containing modified sugars as building blocks, like the exoskeleton polysaccharide chitin.

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    Polysaccharides are long chains of sugars that form macromolecules. They include cellulose, starch, and glycogen. Glycogen chains have a reducing end and non-reducing end. Starch forms helical structures that can bind with iodine molecules and appear blue, while cellulose lacks these helical structures. There are also more complex polysaccharides containing modified sugars as building blocks, like the exoskeleton polysaccharide chitin.

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    Polysaccharides are long chains of sugars that form macromolecules. They include cellulose, starch, and glycogen. Glycogen chains have a reducing end and non-reducing end. Starch forms helical structures that can bind with iodine molecules and appear blue, while cellulose lacks these helical structures. There are also more complex polysaccharides containing modified sugars as building blocks, like the exoskeleton polysaccharide chitin.

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    POLYSACCHARIDES

    • The acid insoluble pellet also has polysaccharides (carbohydrates) as another class of
    macromolecules.
    • Polysaccharides are long chains of sugars.
    Cellulose, Starch, Glycogen, Insulin

    • In a polysaccharide chain (say glycogen), the right end is called the reducing end and the left
    end is called the non-reducing end.
    • Starch forms helical secondary structures. In fact, starch can hold I2 molecules in the helical
    portion. The starch-I2 is blue in colour.
    Cellulose does not contain complex helices and hence cannot hold I2 .

    • There are more complex polysaccharides in nature. They have as building blocks, amino-
    sugars and chemically modified sugars (e.g., glucosamine, N-acetyl galactosamine, etc.).
    Exoskeletons of arthropods, for example, have a complex polysaccharide called chitin. These
    complex polysaccharides are mostly homopolymers.

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