has role glycogens glycogen A polydisperse, highly branched glucan composed of chains of D-glucopyranose residues in alpha(1->4) glycosidic linkage, joined together by alpha(1->6) glycosidic linkages. A small number of alpha(1->3) glycosidic linkages and some cumulative alpha(1->6) links also may occur. The branches in glycogen typically contain 8 to 12 glucose residues. GlyGen:G99991IU Glycogen CHEBI:28087 CHEBI:5466 liver starch Wikipedia:Glycogen animal starch WURCS=2.0/1,4,3/[a2122h-1a_1-5]/1-1-1-1/a4-b1_b4-c1_b6-d1 MetaCyc:CPD0-971 KEGG:C00182 CAS:9005-79-2 HMDB:HMDB0000757 CHEBI:24379 GlyTouCan:G99991IU Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite Escherichia coli metabolite