Amylose is a component of starch found in plants and is composed of monomers of the saccharide α-D glucopyronase, with 1,4 linkages. Cellulose is a linear polymer/polysaccharide made of beta D-glucopyronase units.
ii) Amylose consists of α 1,4 glycosidic linkages whereas the monomers of cellulose are bound by β(1,4) linkages. Amylose's glycosidic linkages give it a 'spiral' shape; an irregularly aggregating helically coiled conformation. Its glucose molecules remain in a single orientation throughout the structure whereas in cellulose every second glucose monomer is 'flipped' 180 degrees. Cellulose is a linear polymer, and parallel cellulose chains can stack upon one another by hydrogen bonding and van der Waals interactions. Sheets of cellulose
ii) Amylose consists of α 1,4 glycosidic linkages whereas the monomers of cellulose are bound by β(1,4) linkages. Amylose's glycosidic linkages give it a 'spiral' shape; an irregularly aggregating helically coiled conformation. Its glucose molecules remain in a single orientation throughout the structure whereas in cellulose every second glucose monomer is 'flipped' 180 degrees. Cellulose is a linear polymer, and parallel cellulose chains can stack upon one another by hydrogen bonding and van der Waals interactions. Sheets of cellulose