Are there any negative allosteric regulators for glycogen phosphorylase?

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Are there any negative allosteric regulators for glycogen phosphorylase?

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Glycogenolysis is a process of breakdown of glycogen. Glycogen phosphorylase is an enzyme that initiates the degradation of glycogen. 

During glycogenolysis, terminal glucose residue removes as alpha-D-glucose-1-phosphate (G1P) from the nonreducing end. This reaction, called phosphorolysis, is catalyzed by the enzyme Glycogen phosphorylase.

Glycogen phosphorylase attacks exoglycosidic bonds. Pyridoxal phosphate is an essential cofactor in the glycogen phosphorylase reaction.  Glycogen phosphorylase acts repetitively on the non-reducing end of glycogen until it reaches a point 4 glucose residues away from an (alpha-1-6) branch point.

AMP act as an allosteric activator of Glycogen phosphorylase.

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