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Carbohydrates 43

A. Cellulose

Microfibril
Pectin
Elementary 2 2
fibril Ca Ca

2.
Hemi-
cellulose

1.

6 Cellulose
β 4 3. Extensin microfibril
3 2 1 5
4 5 2 1
3
6

Mitochondria
Golgi apparatus
Nucleus
Endoplasmic
reticulum
Plasma membrane

B. Starch

Vacuole
Chloroplasts

Plant cell
Starch Starch

1. Amylose 20% 2. Amylopectin 80%

OH
O OH
O
O
O OH O
1 OH
O O HO
α OH
6 1 α O O
O O
4 O O HO O
1α
O O
4 O
O
O
O
HO Reducing end

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