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| Description: Dietary polysaccharides are metabolized by hydrolysis to monosaccharides. Intracellular carbohydrate stores, as glycogen, are mobilized as phosphorylated monosaccharides by phosphorolysis. a-Amylase in saliva cleaves bonds a(14) between the maltose units of amylopectin (or glycogen). However, it cannot cleave a(16) glycosidic bonds in the branched polymer, and a limit dextrin accumulates unless a(16)-glucosidase (debranching enzyme) is present. Picture Stats: Views: 275 Filesize: 104.02kB Height: 657 Width: 412 Source: https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=34546 |