Unbranched part of the glycogen molecule shows 1,6 linkage.
A
True
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B
False
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Solution
The correct option is B
False
Glycogen is a branched polymer consisting of linear chains of glucose residues with further chains branching off every 8 to 12 glucoses or so. Glucoses are linked together linearly by α(1→4) glycosidic bond from one glucose to the next. Branches are linked to the chains from which they are branching off by α(1→6) glycosidic bonds between the first glucose of the new branch and a glucose on the stem chain. Therefore its the branches that contain the α(1→6) glycosidic linkage.