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What is the basic structural difference between starch and cellulose?

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The basic, structural differetice between stirch and cellulose is of linkage between the glucose units. In starch, there'is 'alpha' -D-gluco'sidic linkige. Both the components of starchamylose and amylopectine are polyiner of 'alpha' -D-glacose. On the other hand, cellulose is linear polymer of 'beta' - 'D' -glucose in which 'C_1' of one glucose unit is connected to 'C_4' of the other through 'beta' -D-glucosidic linkage.
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