answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

Enzymes are often substrate-specific, meaning they will only catalyze a reaction with a certain molecule. The difference in structure between amylose and amylopectin causes amylase to catalyze one and not the other.

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

Enzymes are often substrate-specific, meaning they will only catalyze a reaction with a certain molecule. The difference in structure between amylose and amylopectin causes amylase to catalyze one more effectively than the other.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

Enzymes are often substrate-specific, meaning they will only catalyze a reaction with a certain molecule. The difference in structure between amylose and amylopectin causes amylase to catalyze one and not the other.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

Amylose is easier to break down than amylopectin when using the enzyme amylase.

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Are starches with a relatively large amount of amylose digested more quickly than those with amylopectin?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What are two polymers made by plants?

amylose and amylopectin


Why is amylopectin more compact than amylose?

Actually, amylose is more compact than amylopectin due to its helical structure. Amylose is unbranching and forms a compact helix, whereas amylopectin is a branching structure.


What fruit does have amylose and amylopectin?

potato


Is amylose branched?

No. only Amylopectin is


The structural difference between amylose and amylopectin?

Amylose is type of starch which is unbranched. Consisting 1-4 Alfa glycosidic linkage. It is not easy to digested and takes less space than amylopectin. Amylopectin is branched and consisting 1 alfa 1-6 linkage per 30 alfa 1-6 linkage. It is similar to glycogen expecting lower level of branching.


What are the contents of starch?

Plants store glucose as the polysaccharide starch. The cereal grains (wheat, rice, corn, oats, barley) as well as tubers such as potatoes are rich in starch.Starch can be separated into two fractions--amylose and amylopectin. Natural starches are mixtures of amylose (10-20%) and amylopectin (80-90)(elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/548starchiodine.html)


Flour amylose and amylopectin is a polymer of which subunit?

Amylase


How many carbon atoms are in a starch molecule?

The number of carbon atoms in a starch molecules depends on the type of starch to which you are referring. Starches are carbohydrates and there are two main types, amylose and amylopectin.


What do starches give us?

starches give us gluclose monosaccharide and depending on the plant starch genrally contains amylose and amylopectin.


What is the function of amylopectin?

It is used in the storage of starch along with amylose


What produces maltose during digestion?

Amylose and Amylopectin.


The starches and sugars found in foods?

Starches include starch from potatoes, wheat, corn, tapioca, rice, etc. Starches consists of amylose and amylopectin. Sugars in foods come from many sources and are mainly sucrose, maltose, glucose, fructose, lactose, and galactose.