A plant cell stores excess glucose as starch. If the enzyme for 1,6-glycosidic bond formation is highly active, which specific starch component will predominate?
Q1. A plant cell stores excess glucose as starch. If the enzyme for 1,6-glycosidic bond formation is highly active, which specific starch component will predominate?
Answer: Amylopectin
Explanation: Amylopectin contains 1,6-glycosidic branches in addition to 1,4-bonds. Amylose is strictly linear with only 1,4-glycosidic linkages.