Compare the structure of glycogen and cellulose and explain how structural differences in glycogen and cellulose determined the pshysical properties

All the polymers, like cellulose and glycogen, are made up of smaller components known as monomers. Cellulose and glycogen each utilize the similar monomer, that is, glucose. Glucose is a composition made up of six carbon atoms.

The individual glucose rings can be associated in combination with distinct carbons to produce diverse compositions. In glycogen, the glucose can be associated at the first and the fourth carbon, known as alpha-1, 4-glycosidic linkages or at the first and sixth carbon, alpha-1, 6-glycosidic linkages.

This permits the glycogen to branch and produces a winding configuration. On the other hand, cellulose exhibit 1, 4-glycosidic bondages, making it a firm straight chain. Though cellulose and glycogen are formed of almost the same thing, their configurations permit them to do distinct activities within the cell.

Glycogen is a branched composition essential in accumulating energy within the animal cells. The liver and muscles store energy that can be utilized later at the time of exercise to give quick energy. Glycogen is easily dissociated and reassembled by the cells in animals.

Cellulose, on the other hand, is found in plant cells, it has 1,4 - glycosidic bondages that cannot be broken down easily in the bodies. When one consumes plants, like vegetables, the cellulose remains mostly undigested and intact. This is what considered as fibers.