the storage form of glucose in the body is glycogen.
the storage form of glucose in the body is glycogen.
the storage form of glucose in the body is?
glycogen
glycogen branching enzyme is an enzyme that adds branches to the growing glycogen molecule during the synthesis of glycogen, a storage form of glucose. more specifically, during glycogen synthesis, a glucose 1-phosphate molecule reacts with uridine triphosphate (utp) to become udp-glucose, an activated form of glucose. the activated glucosyl unit of udp-glucose is then transferred to the hydroxyl group at the c-4 of a terminal residue of glycogen to form an α-1,4-glycosidic linkage, a reaction catalyzed by glycogen synthase. importantly, glycogen synthase can only catalyze the synthesis of α-1,4-glycosidic linkages. since glycogen is a readily mobilized storage form of glucose, the extended glycogen polymer is branched by glycogen branching enzyme to provide glycogen breakdown enzymes, such as glycogen phosphorylase, with a large number of terminal residues for rapid degradation. branching also importantly increases the solubility and decreases the osmotic strength of glycogen.
glycogen branching enzyme
section::::fatty acid catabolism.









































fatty acids are released, between meals, from the fat depots in adipose tissue, where they are stored as triglycerides, as follows:









































bullet::::- lipolysis, the removal of the fatty acid chains from the glycerol to which they are bound in their storage form as triglycerides (or fats), is carried out by lipases. these lipases are activated by high epinephrine and glucagon levels in the blood (or norepinephrine secreted by sympathetic nerves in adipose tissue), caused by declining blood glucose levels after meals, which simultaneously lowers the insulin level in the blood.
fatty acid metabolism