Chapter 22, Problem 9P

Interpretation Introduction

To calculate:

The concentration of glucose-1-phosphate when the reaction is at equilibrium.

Introduction:

Glycogen phosphorylase is the enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of glycogen to produce glucose-1-phosphate. This reaction shortens the glycogen molecule and it is the rate limiting step in the glycogen degradation.

  ${\text{Glycogen}}_{(n)}+Pi\to \text{Glycogen}\left(n-1\right)+\text{ glucose}-1-\text{phosphate}$