Biology-Biological Molecules: Starch

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Starch is an energy store for what?
plants
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it is _______ into dense ______ grains?
is compacted into dense insoluble grains
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It is stored in a special organelle called what?
amyloplast
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Structure
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Starch is a ?
polysaccharide
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Made up of?
2 different polysaccharides
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What are they?
amylose
amylopectin
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AMYLOSE
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Amylose is a long chain of?
alpha glucose
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joined together by?
1,4 glycosidic bonds
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As it forms it ______ into a ______ shape?
it coils into a helix shape
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This makes it more?
compact
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To fit more _____ into a _____ space?
more glucose into a small space
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This means each amylose molecule only has ?
2 accessible ends
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Where the _____ enzyme can bind?
amylase
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To break it down back into?
glucose
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This means amylose is broken down very?
slowly
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Making it a not?
a very efficient store of energy
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AMYLOPECTIN
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This is a long chain of?
alpha glucose
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Joined with?
1,4 glycosidic bonds
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However it also has what?
branches
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attached with?
1,6 glycosidic bonds
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This makes it a very ?
branched structure
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This is beneficial as?
The additional 1,6 glycosidic bond allows amylopectin to have more accessible ends
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This results in quicker?
release of glucose
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To provide?
energy e.g. respiration
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This is because it is more easily?
broken down by enzymes
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And?
hydrolysed
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Starch is insoluble?
so it wont affect water potential osmosis and conc grad
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