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May 22, 2024 · How is glycogen broken down? Phosphoryllase cleaves glucose molecules off, then debranching enzyme removes glucose units from branches-> glucose 1-P. Glucose 1-P converted to Glucose 6P by mutase, which is converted to glucose in the liver.
May 20, 2024 · B) Synthesis is catalyzed by the same enzyme that catalyzes breakdown. C) The glycogen molecule "grows" at its reducing end. D) The immediate product of glycogen breakdown is free glucose. E) Under normal circumstances, glycogen synthesis and glycogen breakdown occur simultaneously and at high rates. 10.
May 8, 2024 · When hypoglycemia occurs and there is no supply of glucose from food for some long period of time, the process reversing glycogenesis, i.e., glycogenolysis, is activated and liver glycogen is broken down into glucose . As the mutually alternating operation of these processes is based on reciprocal switching of the activity of the enzymes ...
6 days ago · Glycogenolysis - catabolic rxn - Breakdown of glycogen to glucose 1-phosphate glycogen synthesis = ______________ glycogensis - anabolic rxn - build up of glycogen from pyruvate to glucose and glucose to glycogen
May 12, 2024 · Glycolysis is the metabolic breakdown of glucose into two molecules of pyruvate via a series of intermediate compounds. It occurs in the cytosol of cells and does not directly require oxygen. We can summarize the overall reaction as: Glucose + 2 NAD+ + 2 ADP + 2 Pi → 2 Pyruvate + 2 NADH + 2 H+ + 2 ATP + 2 H2O.
4 days ago · To synthesize glycogen, glucose is first converted into glucose-6-phosphate (G6P) by the enzyme hexokinase (HK) and then into glucose-1-phosphate (G1P) by phosphoglucomutase 1 (PGM1)....
May 15, 2024 · Biosynthesis of Triacylglycerols. Three main pathways for triacylglycerol biosynthesis are known, the sn -glycerol-3-phosphate and dihydroxyacetone phosphate pathways, which predominate in liver and adipose tissue, and a monoacylglycerol pathway in the intestines.
