Lecture 19 Flashcards
glucose is stored as what in humans
glycogen
reasons for storing glucose as glycogen
breakdown can provide energy for muscle very quickly, liver stored glycogen can regulate blood glc levels, some muscles and cells have to have glucose
level 1 structure of glycogen
1-4 alpha glycosidic linkage
level 2 structure of glycogen
beta particle
level 3 structure of glycogen
alpha particles
breakdown of cellular glycogen to glucose 1 phosphate
glycogenolysis
synthesis of glycogen
glycogenesis
first step of glycogenesis
glucose to glucose 6 phosphate
enzyme in first step of glycogenesis
hexokinase
second step in glycogenesis done by what
phosphoglucomutase
second step in glycogenesis
glucose 6phos -> glucose 1,6 bisphos -> glucose 1 phos
what does third step in glycogenesis start with
sugar phosphate + NTP
what does third step in glycogenesis end with
UDP glucose pyrophosphorylase enzyme, pyrophosphate
enzyme in third step of glycogenesis
NDP sugar phosphorylase
what happens after third step of glycogenesis
elongation of glycogen chains
catalyzes formation of alpha 1-6 bonds found at branch points of glycogen cleaves off part of existing straight glycogen chain
glycogen branching enzyme
what does glycogen synthase require
a primer
primer on which new chains are assembled and the enzyme that catalyzes their assembly
glycogenin
what does glycogenin use as a substrate
UDP glc
catalyzes phosphorolytic cleavage at the nonreducing ends of glycogen ends of glycogen chains
glycogen phosphorylase