Answer:
non-reducing
Explanation:
The end of a polysaccharide where anomeric carbon is involved in the glycosidic linkage is called a non-reducing end. Digestion of polysaccharides and glycogenolysis includes the removal of sugar residues one by one from the non-reducing end.
For instance, glycogenolysis in skeletal muscle and liver includes many enzymes. One such enzyme is glycogen phosphorylase that catalyzes the sequential breaking of alpha 1->4 glycosidic linkage between two glucose residues at a non-reducing end of glycogen. It removes the terminal glucose residue as alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate.
