[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]The Biochemistry of Movement > 9.7.2. Carbohydrates are an important part of an athlete’s diet > Glucose as a Monomer >[/cs_text][cs_text style=”color: #800000;font-family: “Oxygen”,sans-serif;”]Identify glucose as the monomer that forms the polymer glycogen and describe the process of bond formation between the glucose molecules that produces the polymer[/cs_text][cs_text]
- Glycogen is a polymer of glucose. It can consist of up to 12,000 glucose units connected to each other.
- The covalent bonds formed between glucose molecules to make glycogen are called glycoside bonds. These bonds are formed during condensation reactions between glucose molecules.
- The branching structure of glycogen is critical to the metabolic process because the molecule is broken down from the ends first.
- Because glycogen has a structure with several branching ends, it is easy for the molecule to be broken down quickly.
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