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Talk:Biochemical metabolism/draft (view source)
Revision as of 19:11, April 17, 2008
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==[[Glycogen metabolism]]==
==[[Glycogen metabolism]]==
Glucose, a major metabolic fuel source, is degraded via glycolysis to produce ATP. Higher organisms protect themselves from potential fuel shortage by polymerizing excess glucose for storage as high molecular mass glucans (glucose polysaccharides) that may be readily mobilized in times of metabolic need. In plants this glucose storage substance is starch, while in animals the storage glucan is glycogen. Glycogen metabolism is the metabolic pathways that break down glycogen into glucose to be used by the cell.
==[[Citric acid cycle]]==
==[[Citric acid cycle]]==
==[[Electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation]]==
==[[Electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation]]==