Is Glycogen Soluble In Water

• #2

I know that starch and cellulose are insoluble in water, just I'm not sure about glycogen. I know that glycogen is highly branched, unlike starch. ?And then perchance in that location are more interactions between the OH groups and water? Everyone take an idea?

yous are admittedly correct, the reason why glycogen IS soluble in water is considering of those branches. At present pay attention to those fiddling side branches, they are all -OH'due south, basically little attachment points for h2o to hold on to.... Here is a picture of the little -OH "hooks"

• #three

Thanks my dude. Btw, I recently switched to your 8week programme for my retake of the DAT. I'll let you know how it turns out.

Final edited: Apr 21, 2010

• #4

All sugars are very soluble in h2o because of their many hydroxyl groups. Although non equally concentrated a fuel as fats, sugars are the most important source of energy for many cells.

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All sugars are very soluble in h2o because of their many hydroxyl groups. Although not as concentrated a fuel as fats, sugars are the virtually important source of energy for many cells.

Not entirely true...

For case, in plants starch is not h2o soluble and is the primary form of storage in the cells. If the plant wants to transport the starch somewhere else, information technology cannot because it is not h2o soluble. It must convert the starch to sucrose because sucrose is water soluble.

There's always an exception somewhere in biological science.

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