Question

A property of all "storage" polysaccharides like starch and glycogen is that;

• A. they can be hydrolyzed to monosaccharides

• B. they are strong cross linked bundles

• C. they have enzymatic properties

• D. they are able to make bilayer membranes

Answer 1

Compounds like starch and glycogen are called storage polysaccharides because they store monomeric units like glucose in them. When the organism needs more glucose then they are broken down to release these monomeric monosacchride units.

The major property which all storage polysaccharides share is that they can be hydrolyzed or broken down into monosacchrides by the action of various enzymes, like starch is broken down into glucose by the action of amylase.

So, correct answer is ' (a) they can be hydrolyzed to monosacchrides '.

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