L17 - Metabolism Of Glycerol

Question 1

Glycerol:

In most tissues:

In liver and in starvation:

Answer 1

Water soluble and taken up by all tissues.

In most tissues, enters glycolysis pathway for conversion to pyruvate then TCA for oxidation of CO2.

In liver and in starvation, it enters glycolysis pathway and is converted to glucose by gluconeogenesis.