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Discuss the role of epinephrine on carbohydrate metabolism?
It is generally accepted that epinephrine promotes the breakdown of muscle glycogen to lactic acid and that this lactic acid is largely reconverted to glycogen by the liver.
The signal transduction pathway in animal cells that use epinephrine?
activates the breakdown of glycogen in liver and skeletal muscle cells.
What substance is formed as a result of the chemical breakdown of glycogen?
Glycogenolysis, breakdown of glycogen, produces glucose-6-phosphate, which in liver is further converted to glucose-1-phosphate that can leave the hepatocytes to the blood. This doesn't happen in muscle cells, so the glucose-6-phosphate is used in glycolysis instead during muscle contraction to produce ATP for myosin.
How is glycogen present in the muscle cell?
Glycogen is the storage form of glucose in the muscle cell. Glycogen can be used for energy.
Is glycogen primarily stored in muscle tissue?
Glycogen is stored in muscle tissue and the liver.
What is Muscie Glycogen?
Muscle Glycogen is basically the storage of carbohydrates in the body. Muscle glycogen is what fuels the body and is a necessity for a proper workout.
Where is glycogen?
Glycogen is stored in a liver or muscle cell.
What is the difference between liver glycogen and muscle glycogen?
Liver glycogen has low glycogenin content as compared to muscle glycogen.. liver glycogen responds to glucagon but muscle glycogen responds to catecholamines.. liver glycogen is used for the maintenance of blood glucose levels, but muscle glycogen is used for the supply of energy to the muscles liver glycogen can be completely broken down to glucose because of the presence of glucose 6 phosphatase, which does not occur in the muscles
Where is glycogen stored?
Glycogen is stored in a liver or muscle cell.
What has the author Lynn A Megeney written?
Lynn A. Megeney has written: 'Glucose transport in exercising and non-exercising skeletal muscle after exercise' -- subject(s): Energy metabolism, Exercise, Glucose, Glycogen, Musculoskeletal system, Physiological aspects, Physiological aspects of Exercise, Physiological transport, Rats, Striated muscle
What type of polysaccharide is found in potatoes?
Starch is found potatoes, not Glycogen. Glycogen is the plant equivalent of animal glycogen. A potato has starch but no glycogen; muscle cells have glycogen but no starch. The starch we eat is broken into glucose in the stomach/small intest and then reassembled in the muscle cells as glycogen.
Where do we have a small store of glycogen?
Glycogen is primarily stored in the liver as well as in skeletal muscle, kidney and heart. A single muscle cell therefore is also a small store of glycogen.
