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Pyruvate Carboxylase & PEPCK

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Glucose Generation

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Year 2 (Gluconeogenesis) Flashcards on Glucose Generation, created by gina_evans0312 on 30/03/2014.

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Question	Answer
Glucose is generated from	Lactate, glycerol and amino acid skeletons
Location of Gluconeogenesis	Liver and Kidneys
Role	Maintain blood glucose in starvation (essential for brain to function)
Committed Steps	Reversing glycolytic committed steps (i.e Glu-6-Pase)
Reversing Pyruvate Kinase	Pyruvate Carboxylase & Phosphoenoyl Pyruvate Carboxylase (PEP)
Control of Gluconeogenesis	Phosphorylation and FA/Acetyl CoA mobilisation

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