Glycogen

glycogen
starchlike carbohydrate stored in the liver and other tissues and in certain algae and fungi
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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Glycogen is the storage form of glucose in animals. It is a branched polymer of glucose. Glycogen can be broken down to form substrates for respiration, through the process of glycogenolysis.
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Starch and glycogen are polysaccharides that function to store energy.
Animals store extra carbohydrates as glycogen in the liver and muscles.
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Glycogenesis
Gluconeogenesis
Porphyrin synthesis pathway
HMG-CoA reductase pathway, leading to cholesterol and isoprenoids.
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Glycogen is broken back down into glucose when energy is needed (a process called glycogenolysis).
In glycogenolysis, ...
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glycogen - polysaccharide composed exclusively of glucose units used to store energy in animal cells. Large granules of glycogen are especially abundant in the liver and muscle cells.
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glycogen Polysaccharide consisting of numerous monosaccharide glucoses linked together. The animal equivalent of starch.
glycolipids Polysaccharides formed of sugars linked to lipids, a part of the cell membrane. PICTURE ...
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glycogen: a polysaccharide composed of thousands of glucose units that serves as the storage form of glucose in the human liver.
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glycogen
(gly-koh-jen) [Gk. glykys, sweet + genos, race or descent]
An extensively branched glucose storage polysaccharide found in the liver and muscle of animals; the animal equivalent of starch.
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glycogen A polysaccharide constituting the principal form in which carbohydrate is stored in animals; animal starch.
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Glycogen a storage polysaccharide found in the liver and muscles
(glyco = sweet; gen = bear or produce) ...
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primer A short oligomer (of sugars in glycogen or nucleotides in DNA) to which an enzyme adds additional monomeric subunits.
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