Metabolism of Glycogen
OBJECTIVES
After studying this lesson, students should be able to:
- Describe the structure of glycogen and its importance as a carbohydrate reserve.
- Describe the synthesis and breakdown of glycogen and how the processes are regulated in response to hormone action.
- Describe the various types of glycogen storage diseases.
Course Material
- Overview of Metabolism & the Provision of Metabolic Fuels
- Glycolysis & the Oxidation of Pyruvate
- The Citric Acid Cycle: The Central Pathway of Carbohydrate, Lipid, & Amino Acid Metabolism
- Gluconeogenesis & the Control of Blood Glucose
- Metabolism of Glycogen
- The Pentose Phosphate Pathway
- Other Pathways of Hexose Metabolism
- Uronic acid pathway
- Alcohol Metabolism
- Regulation of blood glucose level
- Chapters 10
- Department Allied Health Sciences
- Teacher
Dr. Shoaib Ahmad Malik
