Chapter 16, Problem 33CQ

Summary Introduction

To calculate: The number of glucose molecules present in the given glycogen.

Concept introduction:

Glycogen is a branched polymer of α-D-glucose with $\text{α (1}\to 4\text{)-glycosidic}$ linkages with a branching at $\text{α (1}\to 6\text{)-glycosidic}$ points that occur at an interval of every 8 to 14 α-D-glucose residues. The excess glucose is stored as glycogen in animals and mainly found in the skeletal muscle and liver.