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(i) Write the structural difference between starch and cellulose.

(ii) What type of linkage is present in Nuclei acids?

(iii) Give one example each for fibrous protein and globular protein.

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

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(i) Starch is the mixture of two polysaccharides - amylose and amylopectin wheras cellulose is a linear polymer of \beta - D-glucose in which C1 of one glucose unit and C4 of next are linked by glycosidic linkage.

(ii) Phosphodiester linkage is present in nuclei acids.

(iii) Examples:

Fibrous proteins - mysoin (in muscle)

Globular protein - insulin

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