Review 3: Gluconeogenesis Flashcards
True or false: Hepatic and muscle glycogen serve the same role
false
What hormone stimulations glycogen production?
insulin
What hormone stimulates glycogen breakdown?
glucagon
Walk through the process of glycogen formation after a meal
GLUT4 transporter takes glucose up into the blood (stimulated by insulin) —> glucose is converted to gluc 6-phosphate —> glycolysis or glycogen
During exercise, glycogen breakdown is stimulated by ___________
epinephrine (or muscle contraction)
What 3 second messenger systems activate glycogen phosphorylase?
1) cAMP
2) PI
3) Ca++
What two extracellular stimuli can turn those secondary messengers on?
1) glucagon
2) epinephrine
How does insulin prevent glycogenolysis?
by inhibiting glycogen phosphorylase by causing the enzyme to be dephosphorylated and inactivated
Glycogen synthase is ACTIVE when it is _____________
dephosphorylated
Glycogen synthase is INHIBITED when it is ___________
phosphorylated
Glycogen phosphorylase is ACTIVE when it is ______________
phosphorylated (breaks down glycogen)
Glycogen phosphorylase is INHIBITED when it is ______________
dephosphorylated
What 2 enzymes are responsible for breaking down Glycogen?
1) Glycogen phosphorylase
2) Debranching enzyme
What 2 enzymes are responsible for synthesizing Glycogen?
1) Glycogen synthase
2) Branching enzyme
What is the monomer from the breakdown of glycogen?
glucose 1-phosphate
What is the monomer used to synthesize glycogen?
UDP-glucose
What intermediate is capable of binding to phosphorylase b (the dephosphorylated inactive form) and making it active?
AMP
What two things can bind to phosphorylase a (phosphorylated active) to cause INACTIVITY (no more breakdown of glycogen)
ATP and glucose
Main point: Glycogen breakdown is ACTIVE when things (synthase or phosphorylase) are _____________
phosphorylated
Glycogen synthesis is ACTIVE when things are ________________
dephosphorylated
The inactive form of enzymes is the A or B form
B
In certain pathological conidtions, high levels of glucose 6-phosphate can bind and cause a conformational change to allosterically _________ glycogen synthase b
activate
phosphorylation promotes glycogen ___________
degradation
dephosphorylation promotes glycogen ____________
storage and synthesis