Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Testing for biological molecules

Testing for biological molecules — practice question

Fig. 1.1 shows a drawing produced from an electron micrograph of a mammalian liver cell.
(a)[6]

Complete the table by naming structures B to G and giving one function of each. The first row (A) is already done for you.

(b)[4]

As shown in Fig. 1.1, liver cells have many glycogen storage granules. Describe the molecular structure of glycogen and explain how this structure makes it suitable for storage.

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