Razgranati polisaharid, sastavljen od nekoliko stotina do nekoliko miliona glukoznih jedinica. Monomeri su D-glukoze su povezani α-1,4 glikozidnim vezama u strukturu ravnog lanca, i α-1,6 glikozidnim vezama na mestima grananja.
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Termin:
amylopectin
Definicija:
A branched polysaccharide. It is made of few hundreds tolinear polymer made of 200-300 units of D-glucose, bounded to each other through α-1,4 glycosidic bonds.
amylopectin