Biochemistry

Question 1

What is glycogensis?

Answer 1

Synthesis of glycogen

Question 2

Glucose can be added to chains if a primer has how many glucose already?

Answer 2

4

Question 3

Name of primer?

Answer 3

Glycogenin

Question 4

Enzyme for glucose to glucose-6-phosphate?

Answer 4

Hexokinase

Question 5

Enzyme for glucose-6-phosphate to glucose-1-phosphate?

Answer 5

Phosphoglucomutase

Question 6

Enzyme for gluocse-1-phosphate to UDP-glucose?

Answer 6

UDP-glucose pyrophosporylase

Question 7

What is UDP-glucose?

Answer 7

Activate form of glucose

Question 8

Enzyme for UDP glucose to glycogen + issue?

Answer 8

Glycogen synthase

Cant add branches

Question 9

Enzyme that adds alpha 1-6- brnaches?

Answer 9

Transglycosaylase

Question 10

What is glyogenolysis?

Answer 10

Glycogen breakdown

Question 11

Enzyme for glucose-1-phosphate to glucose-6-phosphate + key point?

Answer 11

Glycogen phosporylase

Rate limiting step

Question 12

What happens to glucose-6-phosphate in the liver?

Answer 12

Gets dephosphorylates

Question 13

What happens to glucose-6-phosphate in the muscle?

Answer 13

Used for glycolysis

Question 14

What is gluconeogenesis?

Answer 14

Synthesis of glucose

Question 15

What 3 molecules promote gluconeogensis and what inhibits?

Answer 15

Glucagon
Adrenaline
Corstisol
Insulin