Starch granules are made of amylose (linear a-1,4-polyglucan...

created [InstanceEdit:9918154] Naithani, Sushma, 2024-08-14
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displayName Starch granules are made of amylose (linear a-1,4-polyglucan...
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text Starch granules are made of amylose (linear a-1,4-polyglucans) and amylopectin (a-1,6-branched polyglucans). Amylose contains up to several thousand ?-glucosyl units linked almost exclusively in ?(1->4) linkage with very few branches of ?(1->6) linkage. Amylose accounts for 30% of starch in rice grain. Amylopectin is a branched molecule and contains up to several million glucosyl residues. Amylopectin accounts for 70% of starch in rice grain.