Carbohydrate Metabolism

Question 1

Why is it easier to produce fat from fructose than glucose?

Answer 1

Because Fructose enter glycolysis at the F-1,6,-BP and skips the regulatory step (step 3 - PFK) in glycolysis so if the energy from fructose is not immediately used then it easily turns into fat

Question 2

What is glycogenin?

Answer 2

The core protein of glycogen on which the glycogen reducing end is bond

Question 3

What is the core protein of glycogen?

Answer 3

Glycogenin

Question 4

Hexokinase

Answer 4

Found in all cells
First step of glycolysis adding a phosphate to glucose to trap it in the cell at G6P
Uses 1 ATP