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What is the basic structural difference between starch and cellulose?

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Starch has `(C_(1)-C_(4)) alpha` gycosidic linkage between `alpha-D` glucose units, cellulose has `C_(1)-C_(4)) beta` glycosidic linkage between `beta-D` glucose units.
Starch has `(C_(1)-C_(4)) alpha` gycosidic linkage between `alpha-D` glucose units, cellulose has `C_(1)-C_(4)) beta` glycosidic linkage between `beta-D` glucose units.
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