diff --git a/src/mol-model/structure/model/types.ts b/src/mol-model/structure/model/types.ts
index 64cb0bac27a6606abc1fb1b836444bbf2b4c117f..226a47a2f37491a5f888fcd7e454b104f5c86c99 100644
--- a/src/mol-model/structure/model/types.ts
+++ b/src/mol-model/structure/model/types.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export function ElementSymbol(s: string): ElementSymbol {
 
 /** Entity types as defined in the mmCIF dictionary */
 export const enum EntityType {
-    'unknown', 'polymer', 'non-polymer', 'macrolide', 'water'
+    'unknown', 'polymer', 'non-polymer', 'macrolide', 'water', 'branched'
 }
 
 export const enum MoleculeType {
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ export function getEntityType(compId: string): mmCIF_Schema['entity']['type']['T
     if (AminoAcidNames.has(compId) || RnaBaseNames.has(compId) || DnaBaseNames.has(compId)) {
         return 'polymer'
     } else if (SaccharideCompIdMap.has(compId)) {
-        return 'polymer' // TODO will be 'branched' in the future
+        return 'branched'
     } else if (WaterNames.has(compId)) {
         return 'water'
     } else {
diff --git a/src/mol-script/language/symbol-table/structure-query.ts b/src/mol-script/language/symbol-table/structure-query.ts
index f7d81aa44419493271ac210e149e5b3fb28f2e0e..3a6ed18461deb903c8d0fc3acfec873e61ad8bf6 100644
--- a/src/mol-script/language/symbol-table/structure-query.ts
+++ b/src/mol-script/language/symbol-table/structure-query.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export namespace Types {
     export const SecondaryStructureFlags = Core.Types.Flags(SecondaryStructureFlag, 'SecondaryStructureFlag');
 
     export const RingFingerprint = Type.Value('Structure', 'RingFingerprint');
-    export const EntityType = Type.OneOf('Structure', 'EntityType', Type.Str, ['polymer', 'non-polymer', 'water', 'unknown']);
+    export const EntityType = Type.OneOf('Structure', 'EntityType', Type.Str, ['polymer', 'non-polymer', 'water', 'branched', 'unknown']);
     export const ResidueId = Type.Value('Structure', 'ResidueId');
 
     export const ElementSet = Type.Value('Structure', 'ElementSet');