8.1 Glycogen synthesis


Subsections:
8.1.1 Glucose activation
8.1.2 Initiation and elongation
8.1.3 Branching enzyme

The following enzyme reactions occur in glycogen synthesis (Figure 8.1-1):

  1. Glucose activation,
  2. Initiation of glycogen synthesis,
  3. Chain elongation,
  4. Introduction of branch points.

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