Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Carbohydrates and lipids

Carbohydrates and lipids — practice question

Amylose, amylopectin and glycogen are each polysaccharides. Enzyme X hydrolyses $\alpha$-1,4-glycosidic bonds at the ends of a polysaccharide molecule, releasing one maltose molecule at a time. Which row indicates how completely each of these molecules will be hydrolysed by enzyme X? (Assume that each polysaccharide contains the same number of monomers before hydrolysis starts.)

  • Aleast completely hydrolysed: amylose, intermediate: amylopectin, most completely hydrolysed: glycogen
  • Bleast completely hydrolysed: amylose, intermediate: glycogen, most completely hydrolysed: amylopectin
  • Cleast completely hydrolysed: glycogen, intermediate: amylose, most completely hydrolysed: amylopectin
  • Dleast completely hydrolysed: glycogen, intermediate: amylopectin, most completely hydrolysed: amylose

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