MCB 2000 TOP Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is the chemical structure of glycogen? multiple glucose monomers bound together highly branched homopolymer how is glycogen linked branches - α-1,6 linkage chain linkages - α-1,4 linkage What enzymes are involved in glycogen degradation? What reactions do they catalyze? 1. Glycogen phosphorylase -- phosphorolysis reaction 2. Transferase -- shifts a small oligosaccharide 3. α-1,6-glucosidase -- debranching enzyme 4. Phosphoglucomutase -- form glucose 6 phosphate α-1,6-glucosidase debranching enzyme that cleaves the α-1,6 bond --- release free glucose
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