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Similarities
- Both are made of the monosaccharide alpha glucose.
- Both are used as energy storage.
- Amylopectin in starch and glycogen both have 1,4 and 1,6 glycosidic bonds.
- Both form glycosidic bonds between monosaccharide molecules in condensation reactions.
- Both are compact molecules.
- Both are insoluble.
- Both can be broken down to glucose molecules for energy (again, energy storage.).
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Differences
- Glycogen has far more 1,6 glycosidic bonds and is therefore far more branched.
- Glycogen is the storage molecule in animals, starch in plants.
- Glycogen is more compact than starch, forming glycogen granules in cells.
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