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SUBMITTER: Roach PJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4945249 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Roach Peter J PJ Depaoli-Roach Anna A AA Hurley Thomas D TD Tagliabracci Vincent S VS
The Biochemical journal 20120201 3
Glycogen is a branched polymer of glucose that acts as a store of energy in times of nutritional sufficiency for utilization in times of need. Its metabolism has been the subject of extensive investigation and much is known about its regulation by hormones such as insulin, glucagon and adrenaline (epinephrine). There has been debate over the relative importance of allosteric compared with covalent control of the key biosynthetic enzyme, glycogen synthase, as well as the relative importance of gl ...[more]