Question

Glycogen is highly branched. what advantage, if any, does this provide to an animal as compared to purely linear glucose polymers? the α(1→6) glycosidic linkages at glycogen branch points are more easily hydrolyzed than the α(1→4) glycosidic linkages in linear amylose. many more glucose monomers can be stored in a branched polymer. the number of available terminal glucose monomers is higher for glycogen, thus making glucose production more rapid. the branched polymer is more soluble in water, and thus easier to digest. none of the above

Answer 1

The answer is ‘The number of available terminal glucose monomers is higher for glycogen, thus making glucose production more rapid.’ When glucagon is hydrolyzing glycogen, more glucose molecules are released per hydrolyzing event unlike in a linear molecule that would release a glucose at a time.