Amylopectin

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DISCUSSION: Amylopectin, the most abundant constituent of starch, is a 1-4–linked straight chain of glucose molecules. In addition, amylopectin possesses a 1-6 branching side chain at approximately every 25 glucose units along the straight chain. Amylase has only 1-4 linkages of glucose molecules. Pancreatic and salivary amylase break the interior 1-4 glucose linkages.

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