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=== Amylose ===

Amylose is a polymers containing thousands of glucoses connected by α(1→4) glycosidic bonds. The initial view (<scene name='Polysaccharides/Amylose1/6'>Reset initial scene</scene>) shows yellow halos marking some of the oxygens which are involved in the 1→4 glycosidic bonds. Rotate <scene name='Polysaccharides/Amylose2/2'>amylose</scene> to view the glucopyranosyl units on edge to see that the bonds are α linkages. (Remember: With C-6 of glucose projecting to the back of the screen both bonds of the oxygen of the α linkage project down.) From this perspective you are looking down the axis of a helix that is formed as a result of the angle that is form between the glucopyranosyl residues when they are connected by the α(1→4) bonds. This characteristic of the α(1→4) bond was seen when studying [[Disaccharides|maltose]]. <scene name='Polysaccharides/Amylose3/2'>Color</scene> ends of the polymer yellow and green.

Amylose is a polymers containing thousands of glucoses connected by α(1→4) glycosidic bonds. The initial view (<scene name='Polysaccharides/Amylose1/6'>Reset initial scene</scene>) shows yellow halos marking some of the oxygens which are involved in the 1→4 glycosidic bonds. Rotate <scene name='Polysaccharides/Amylose2/2'>amylose</scene> to view the glucopyranosyl units on edge to see that the bonds are α linkages. (Remember: With C-6 of glucose projecting to the back of the screen both bonds of the oxygen of the α linkage project down.) From this perspective you are looking down the axis of a helix that is formed as a result of the angle that is form between the glucopyranosyl residues when they are connected by the α(1→4) bonds. This characteristic of the α(1→4) bond was seen when studying [[Disaccharides|maltose]]. <scene name='Polysaccharides/Amylose3/2'>Color</scene> ends of the polymer yellow and green. <scene name='Polysaccharides/Amylose_20/1'>Amylose</scene> with 20 glucose units; <scene name='Polysaccharides/Amylose_20_2/1'>Spacefill display</scene>

=== Amylopectin ===

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 <StructureSection load='Amylose.pdb' size='500' side='right' caption='' scene='Polysaccharides/Amylose1/6'>
 === Amylose ===
-Amylose is a polymers containing thousands of glucoses connected by α(1→4) glycosidic bonds.  The initial view (<scene name='Polysaccharides/Amylose1/6'>Reset initial scene</scene>) shows yellow halos marking some of the oxygens which are involved in the 1→4 glycosidic bonds. Rotate <scene name='Polysaccharides/Amylose2/2'>amylose</scene> to view the glucopyranosyl units on edge to see that the bonds are α linkages. (Remember: With C-6 of glucose projecting to the back of the screen both bonds of the oxygen of the α linkage project down.) From this perspective you are looking down the axis of a helix that is formed as a result of the angle that is form between the glucopyranosyl residues when they are connected by the α(1→4) bonds. This characteristic of the α(1→4) bond was seen when studying [[Disaccharides|maltose]]. <scene name='Polysaccharides/Amylose3/2'>Color</scene> ends of the polymer yellow and green.
+Amylose is a polymers containing thousands of glucoses connected by α(1→4) glycosidic bonds.  The initial view (<scene name='Polysaccharides/Amylose1/6'>Reset initial scene</scene>) shows yellow halos marking some of the oxygens which are involved in the 1→4 glycosidic bonds. Rotate <scene name='Polysaccharides/Amylose2/2'>amylose</scene> to view the glucopyranosyl units on edge to see that the bonds are α linkages. (Remember: With C-6 of glucose projecting to the back of the screen both bonds of the oxygen of the α linkage project down.) From this perspective you are looking down the axis of a helix that is formed as a result of the angle that is form between the glucopyranosyl residues when they are connected by the α(1→4) bonds. This characteristic of the α(1→4) bond was seen when studying [[Disaccharides|maltose]]. <scene name='Polysaccharides/Amylose3/2'>Color</scene> ends of the polymer yellow and green. <scene name='Polysaccharides/Amylose_20/1'>Amylose</scene> with 20 glucose units; <scene name='Polysaccharides/Amylose_20_2/1'>Spacefill display</scene>
 === Amylopectin ===