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What is the main storage form of glucose in the body?
The main storage form of glucose in the body is glycogen.
What promotes the storage of glucose as glycogen?
Insulin promotes the storage of glucose as glycogen in the liver and muscles by stimulating glycogen synthesis. When blood glucose levels are high, insulin is released from the pancreas to signal cells to take up glucose and convert it into glycogen for storage.
What compound can be made from glucose and serves as long term energy storage?
Carbs and fats can be used as long term storage and are sometimes converted from glucose.
Why glucose can not be stored in monomeric form?
Glucose is a simple sugar that can be stored in the body as glycogen, a polysaccharide made up of multiple glucose molecules. Storing glucose in its monomeric form would not be efficient due to its high solubility and osmotic effect in cells. Converting glucose into glycogen allows for more stable and compact storage in the liver and muscles.
Why are starch and glycogen more suitable as storage product than glucose?
Starch and glycogen are both ways of storing glucose, the energy source for most cells. Starch and glycogen are both polymers of glucose, produced by repeated condensation reactions between glucose molecules. When the glucose is needed, they can be broken down by hydrolysis reactions to release the glucose. The advantages of storing glucose as a polymer are that it prevents the glucose from being used up in other reactions, by taking it out of solution, and it also prevents the glucose from altering the water balance of the cell. If large numbers of glucose molecules were produced they would draw water into the cell by osmosis. Similarly when they were used up water could leave the cell by osmosis. Polysaccharides are insoluble and so do not affect the water balance of the cell.
Why is glucose not very good for storage?
In a cell, both starch and glycogen do not dissolve in water which is why they both are used for storage of energy. Whereas if glucose was stored in a cell as free molecules, the glucose would dissolve and reduce the water potential, not store the glucose.
How does the liver control glycogen?
* Glycogenesis - the conversion of excess glucose into glycogen as a cellular storage mechanism; this prevents excessive osmotic pressure buildup inside the cell * Glycogenolysis - the breakdown of glycogen into glucose, which provides a glucose supply for glucose-dependent tissues. * Gluconeogenesis - de novosynthesis of glucose molecules from simple organic compounds. an example in humans is the conversion of a few amino acids in cellular protein to glucose.
What is the storage molecule for surplus glucose made by photosynthesis?
The principle storage molecule for glucose in plants is starch . The principle storage molecule for glucose in animal cells is glycogen.
What is the main storage form of glucose in the body?
The main storage form of glucose in the body is glycogen.
Why are polymer forms of starch and glycogen utilized as storage forms of glucose by living cells rather than an equivalent amount of free glucose?
Glucose is osmotically actice since it is soluble. This increases the water content inside the cell, the cell eventually burst. Since glycogen and starch are insoluble it is better to convert glucose to starch (in plants) or glycogen (in animals).
What hormone promotes storage of glucose by the liver?
Insulin is the hormone that promotes the storage of glucose by the liver. It signals liver cells to take up glucose from the bloodstream and convert it into glycogen for storage.
What promotes the storage of glucose as glycogen?
Insulin promotes the storage of glucose as glycogen in the liver and muscles by stimulating glycogen synthesis. When blood glucose levels are high, insulin is released from the pancreas to signal cells to take up glucose and convert it into glycogen for storage.
The storage form of glucose is called?
photosynthesis
Glycogen is the storage form of what in animals?
glucose
What is the primary storage form of carbohydrates?
glucose
Which carbohydrate is glucose changed into for storage?
Starch
Is glucose a storage form of carbohydrates?
No, glucose is a monosaccharide and a simple form of carbohydrate, not a storage form. Carbohydrates are stored in the body as glycogen, a polysaccharide made up of glucose molecules linked together.
