Exercise Metabolism Flashcards on Glycogenolysis and Glycogenesis, created by alexlpeart on 29/04/2013.
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How much glycogen would you expect in a well fed persons liver and muscles?
Why does gluconeogenesis always occur in the liver.
Describe the process of adding glucose onto glycogen.
Describe how branches are formed in glycogen. Why are branches beneficial in glycogen?
What molecule do we need present when we break glucose from glycogen chain? What molecule is formed when glucose is cleaved from the end of a glycogen chain?
What enzymes cause glycogen synthase to become active or inactive? What external factors might influence these enzymes?
Does insulin cause GLUT 4 to move to or away from the cell membrain?
What is allosteric regulation?
