Question

Margarite has low blood glucose levels (76 mg/dL). Select all possible biochemical processes that may be involved.

	a.	Glycogenesis
	b.	Proteolysis
	c.	Lipogenesis
	d.	Gluconeogenesis

Answer 1

Answer) (b) Proteolysis and (d) gluconeogenesis

As if a person is having low glucose levels (hypoglycaemia) then the body must be regulating the glucose level to keep it to the normal range.

• Gluconeogenesis is producing glucose from non-carbohydrate sources like breakdown of triglycerides, lactate during anaerobic glycolysis and amino acids from muscle protein degradation
• The newly made glucose is released back into the blood stream to raise blood glucose levels.
• Proteolysis also provides carbon skeletons for gluconeogenesis. During starvation, degraded proteins are not replenished and serve as carbon sources for glucose synthesis and finally help in increasing blood glucose level.