glucose

Question 1

what is so important about glucose

Answer 1

glucose = most important carbohydrate, is our primary

energy source, some cell types require glucose as an energy source

Question 2

what is glucose used for

Answer 2

can be converted to glycogen, starch, sucrose and lipids for storage of energy
used to form pyruvate, lactate and ribose-5-phosphate

Question 3

how does glucose get transported into cells

Answer 3

through Na+/glucose symporters

through passive facilitated diffusion glucose transporters(GLUT1,2,3,4,5)

Question 4

describe the process of glucose entering cell via GLUT1

Answer 4

glucose binds to outwards facing binding site, triggers conformational change, binding site faces inwards, glucose released into cell, conformational change regenerates and returns to original position