Chapter 24, Problem 24.63EP

(a)

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: To characterize Step 1 in glycogenolysis in terms of the type of reaction.

Concept introduction: Glucose is a monosaccharide with the molecular formula ${\text{C}}_6{\text{H}}_{12}{\text{O}}_6$. Glycogen is a polysaccharide of glucose. It serves as a form of carbohydrate storage in humans and animals. Glycogen is a source of glucose in humans and animals.

Glycogenolysis is the metabolic pathway that converts glycogen to $\text{glucose 6}-\text{phosphate}$. In the phosphorolysis reaction, the compound is cleaved by inorganic phosphates such as ${\text{P}}_{\text{i}}$.

(b)

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: To characterize Step 2in glycogenolysis in terms of the type of reaction.

Concept introduction: Glucose is a monosaccharide with the molecular formula ${\text{C}}_6{\text{H}}_{12}{\text{O}}_6$. Glycogen is a polysaccharide of glucose. It serves as a form of carbohydrate storage in humans and animals. Glycogen is a source of glucose in humans and animals.

Glycogenolysis is the metabolic pathway that converts glycogen to $\text{glucose 6}-\text{phosphate}$

In the isomerization reaction, a molecule transformed itself to another molecule, having the same number of atoms with a different arrangement.