Question

Glycogen Synthesis

1. Describe the cellular conditions that favor glycogen synthesis based on the concentrations of glucose and ATP in the cell.
2. List the three reactions that convert G6P to glycogen based on the products of each reaction
3. Describe how the formation of UDP-glucose drives glycogen synthesis based on the free energy change of a spontaneous reaction
4. Describe the final product of the glycogen synthesis based on the glycosidic linkage that forms with a specific end of the glycogen polymer
5. Describe how glycogen synthase determines the rate of glycogen synthesis based on the reaction it catalyzes
6. Describe the role of phosphoglucomutase in the pathway from glucose entering the cell to glycogen synthesis

Answer 1