Turco 5 Flashcards
Glycogen bonds
Alpha 1,4 - most common
Alpha 1,6 - branch
All glycogen link to
Glycogenin protein
Why make a polymer vs free glucose?
Polymer will not draw as much water
Where is glycogen made?
Liver and muscle
Why branched vs linear glycogen?
Branched is more soluble because more terminal glucoses
Branched can make glycogen available more quickly…need to increase muscle contraction, need ATP, need to oxidize glucose, glucose needs to be available
Why not make more than 1 pound of glycogen?
Glycogen must have water so it would take up too much space
Glycogen problems often manifest as
___megalies
Advantage to TG storage
No water accompanies TGs
Glycogen synthesis process
Glucose enters via GLUT2/4
Made into G-6-P, then G-1-P then UDP-glc
Glycogen synthase forms alpha 1,4 bonds and branching enzyme forms alpha 1,6 bonds
Glucose-6-phosphate important
Can go to glycogen synthesis, pentose phosphate, or glycolysis
Glycogen syntahse regulation
Insulin will increase activity by dephosphorylating
Off by epinephrin and glucagon
Glycogen degradation
Glycogen phosphorylase uses INORGANIC PHOSPHATE to break alpha 1,4
Debranching enzyme hydrolyzes alpha 1,6
This forms glucose-1-P, then glucose-6-phosphate
G-6-P in liver ONLY, forms glucose via glucose-6-phosphatase
Muscle vs. liver with glycogen
Muscle will NOT release glucose back into bloodstream because no glucose-6-phosphatase…liver will
Glycogen phosphorylase mechnaism
Off by insulin via dephosphorylation
On by epinephrine and glucagon
In hard working muscle ONLY
AMP can allosterically activate glycogen phosphorylase