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• Glikogen Liver
= 1800 g X 4%= 72 g
Glikogen otot
= 35000 X 0.7%
= 245 g
Glycogen is a polymer of glucose
residues linked by
(1→4) glycosidic bonds, mainly
(1→6) glycosidic bonds, at
branch points : at about every 8-
10th residue
Diagram Glikogenesis
P O CH2
O
OH
OH OH
OH
Glucose-6-phosphate
2) Formation of Glucose-1-Phosphate
Glucose-6-phosphate is converted
to glucose-1-phosphate
P O CH2 H O CH2
O O
OH OH
OH OH OH O P
OH (Fosfoglukomutase) OH
Glucose-6-phosphate Glucose-1-phosphate
3) Formation of UTP-Glucose
(UDPG pirofosforilase)
O
CH2OH
H
O N
OH O O
O N
OH O P O P O CH2
O
OH O- O- Glucose is first activated to uridine
diphosphate glucose (UDP-G).
OH OH
CH2OH HN
H O H
H O N
OH H O O
OH O P O P O CH2
O
H OH O O H H
H H
OH OH
UDPG
Structure of UDP-Glucose
Branching enzyme
Glycogen Formation
Active Inactive
Pi Gn-1 H2O Pi
Gn G-1-P G-6-P G
Phosphorylase G-6-Pase
Phosphorylase: It is an exoglucosidase
The end products: 85% of G-1-P and 15%
of free G;
There is no the activity of glucose 6-
phosphatase (G-6-Pase) in skeletal
muscle.
Glycogen phosphorylase
glucan transferase
-1,6-glucosidase
Glucose-6-phosphate is dephosphorylated
in the liver for transport out of the liver
Control of Glycogen Breakdown
• Glucogon/Epinephrine signaling pathway
– Starts phosphorylation cascade vis cAMP
– activates glycogen phosphorylase
• Glycogen phosphorylase cleaves glucose residues
off glycogen, generating glucose-1-phosphate
Regulation phosphorylase
Regulation of glycogen metabolism is different in
muscle and liver.
• In muscle, the end served by glycolysis is ATP
production and the rate of glycolysis increases as
muscle works more, demanding more ATP.
• The liver has a different role in whole-body
metabolism and glucose metabolism in the liver is
different. The liver makes sure that glucose level
is constant in the blood, producing and exporting
Glc.
Difference in the regulation of carbohydrate metabolism in liver and muscle
Regulation of carbohydrate synthesis
in the heptocyte
Allosteric and Phosphorylation Regulation -
Glycogen Phosphorylase
Covalent modification
Glucagon Adenylyl
epinephrine receptor G protein cyclase
Glycogen synthase
glycogenolysis
Blood sugar
glycogenesis
Glycogenolysis: The
biochemical pathway for
breakdown of glycogen
to free glucose.
Glycogenolysis occurs
in muscle cells when
there is an immediate
need for energy.
Glycogenolysis occurs
in the liver when blood
glucose is low.
Overview of Glycogen Synthesis and Breakdown
GLYCOGENESIS & GLYCOGENOLYSIS
Glycogenin initiates glycogen synthesis.Glycogenin is an enzyme that catalyzes
attachment of a glucose molecule to one of its own tyrosine residues. Glycogenin is a
dimer, and evidence indicates that the two copies of the enzyme glucosylate one
another.
A glycosidic bond is formed between the anomeric C1 of the glucose moiety derived
from UDP-glucose and the hydroxyl oxygen of a tyrosine side-chain of Glycogenin.
UDP is released as a product.