| Term Name: |
glycogen |
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| Synonyms: |
- animal starch
- Glycogen
- liver starch
- WURCS=2.0/1,4,3/[a2122h-1a_1-5]/1-1-1-1/a4-b1_b4-c1_b6-d1
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| Definition: |
A polydisperse, highly branched glucan composed of chains of D-glucopyranose residues in alpha(1->4) glycosidic linkage, joined together by alpha(1->6) glycosidic linkages. A small number of alpha(1->3) glycosidic linkages and some cumulative alpha(1->6) links also may occur. The branches in glycogen typically contain 8 to 12 glucose residues.
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| References: |
- CAS:9005-79-2
- GlyGen:G99991IU
- GlyTouCan:G99991IU
- HMDB:HMDB0000757
- KEGG:C00182
- MetaCyc:CPD0-971
- Wikipedia:Glycogen
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| Ontology: |
ChEBI
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EBI
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