Question
Answer the following questions.
Give one structural difference between amylose and amylopectin.
Give one structural difference between amylose and amylopectin.
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Answer
Amylose is a long unbranched chain polymer of $\alpha-\text{D(+)}$ glucose. Amylopectin is a branched chain polymer of $\alpha-\text{D}$ glucose.
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